Hi Ash and Mr Pickles
thanks for the replies.
I've taken a look at the suggested Asus and I think I'll definately seriuosly think abot that pretty soon. It looks quite a nice piece of kit and should be ok to just act as a router for my mobile broadband.
I'm not sure if my broadband drivers will work on linux so I'll probably have to get windows xp as well.
I'll keep my eyes on the forums and try and put in anything useful as and when.
Cheers
Kevin