At the moment I don't have a choice.  It's a WinModem thing. :(

Tracey


James Talbot wrote:

> Just a few thoughts...
>
> Why in the world would you want to depend on windows to handle your 
> internet sharing?  If you setup your linux machine to share the modem, 
> you will get a lot more bang for your buck... setup your linux box to 
> do dial-on-demand and use squid.  You won't have to wait for DNS 
> lookups (it will cache them after the first lookup), or for graphics 
> downloads (also cached), etc.  If you go to the same sites very often, 
> you'll notice a significant speed increase over standard modem 
> surfing.  And let's not forget about firewalls... or the reliability 
> of linux compared to windows.
>
> - James



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