With windows 98 I am using winroute pro. I know I have to map ports so my client pc with internal address 192.168.0.2 can access some applications. My question is do I have to map ports if I would do my downloading from Kazaa, Gnutella winmx or Grokster using only my server pc (the one with winroute installed) The internal address is 192.168.0.1 . Is there a need for port mapping in this case. Another question is that is there a way of disabling the firewall of winroute pro? I installed the software inorder that my client pc can do some browsing but if this software is to create access problems such as closing off some ports that downloading and limiting ports, then I would rather get another software. Could anyone please advise me? thanks