thanks swinnie, ive just installed it and set it up (found a similiar web article on it), nice and simple which is what I need. Just for everyones amusement though, i've been sitting at me desk trying to get my pc to detect my modem (nothing detected in device manager, find new hardware wizard found nothing), the phone cable is plugged in the modem, I have checked the line with a phone etc etc what could be wrong? - then I realised that the modem is in my laptop (which is sitting next to my pc), it works now