internaughtfull wrote:

Your modem *might* be implimenting NAT internally. What are the
first two numbers of your IP address (as seen when you open a
dos window and enter the command ipconfig) ?

ipconfig yields
Ethernet Adaptor IP: 16....
Ethernet Adaptor IP: 19...

If you see any of these:

IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.xxx.xxx.xxx

IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.xxx.xxx
172.17.xxx.xxx
(...)
172.31.xxx.xxx

IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.xxx.xxx

Then you're already behind a NAT router, which means you don't need to
run a software firewall.

If you don't see any of those, then odds are you should be able to turn
on NAT in your modem by accessing your modem's setup menu (from a
browser like IE or firefox). A google search for your modem should tell
you how to do that.

Hey would deleting the USB entries under Device Manager
and reinstalling them help any?

Do yourself a favor and connect your modem to your computer using your
ethernet port.

If you don't have an ethernet port on your computer, go and buy an
ethernet card for $10.