Jon Warms said: >Only use the "built in modem" for dial-up connections. Which includes sending faxes. Which is what I use my modem for, even though I have cable modem service for the Internet. So there are valid reasons to want to use your modem even if you have cable modem service. Randy B. Singer Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions) How To Deal With Common OS X 10.3 Panther Problems http://www.macattorney.com/panther.html