Now that I have discovered that my PCMCIA modem is a not-quite-yet supported software modem I need to find a temporary solution so that I can connect my laptop to the net. This has forced me to move up the time table on one of my other projects which is to network 2 linux systems and use one to act as a gateway for the other. I have setup an old pc with SuSE 7.0 and networked it with a hub to my laptop. On my desktop I have a modem configured. I would like to set things up now so that my laptop can accecss the internet over the LAN using the modem on the desktop. The services that I want to use on the internet from the laptop are: HTTP FTP POP3 SMTP My dilemma is where to start looking. From skimming the SuSE Manual and various HOW-TO's it seems that I have a choice of options: 1) Set up the desktop as a router for all tcp/ip traffic. 2) Set up a proxy on the desktop. I would like to use whichever method is easiest to setup. Anyone got any comments on the above idea or better suggestions? TIA Jethro