Hi peeps,

Thanx for your help guys on this but i was having a look through the forums & i came across this site

HOWTO: Speedtouch USb (Idiots guide, by an idiot!) in the networking forum on this site..

I will give it a go when i get home ( thank god its Friday so i will have all weekend to get the thing going without any interuption )..
Failing that i will try drb's mention of Kanotix ..

DRB - why Kanotix over Knoppix ??
Harry - i will look into an ethernet based modem soon - i just need a bit of time to get used to configuring linuxy type environments. I have a Sun Box at home as well as a 100mbit switch which i will be setting up into a small network like you say..