OK, i have 3 pcs one is xp the other 2 are windows 98, i have network cards in all of them and a linksys router the bef..41 one, i wanted to know if you HAVE to have a hub or switch to make the xp one work with a printer, and i cant seem to host any video games online because of the firewall, do you know how to get around this with still having the security