Thanks for the reply.

The cable company's tech support won't offer any help when it comes to networks -- they will only confirm the connection is working on one machine...

Independent connections: that's exactly what I want to do. As far as security goes, I don't know much about restricting any shared resources to only my two machines. I've gone on the assumption that Zone Alarm Pro (which I have running on both machines) is the solution. Is that a wrong assumption to make?

And nope, I'm not talking about a router/hub combo. Just a plain old 10/100 5-port hub, and a Motorola CyberSurfr modem.

Any ideas?

[This message has been edited by Lschulz (edited 02-26-2001).]