Knoppix, network, windows, switch

[Harry Kuhman]

Any ideas welcome

How do you connect to the Internet??

Assuming that you have an ethernet connection to a high speed modem (or if you have USB that you ditch that and go to ethernet), then I would recommend that you get one of the very inexpensive DSL/cable routers and use that to share your Internet connection. It will work much better than the Microsoft based Linux hostile "connection sharing", and will provide an extra level of hardware firewall protection to all systems including the Windows system. These devices are now often $10 or less after rebate.