On 27 Aug 2003 05:14:59 -0700, dvdfan9@hotmail.com (Ken) belched the
alphabet and kept on going with:

>Jim wrote:
>> Michael Cash wrote:
>> 
>>>
>>> Now...if I can just find a place to PUT the thing and figure out how
>>> to network it with the old one (the wife and kids inherit it) and get
>>> them to both share a single ADSL connection, all my problems will be
>>> solved.
>> 
>> This post is a bit late but here's the cheapest way to do what you want:
>> 
>> Buy a 4-port hub (or whatever's on sale) and some ethernet cables.  I think
>> the latest hubs are all auto-crossover so you won't need a crossover
>> ethernet cable.  If it's not auto-crossover, you'll need one crossover cable
>> connect your computer to the hub.
>
><nitpick>
>
>Um, if a crossover cable is required to connect a *computer* to
>networking gear like a hub, then what are normal -- i.e. non
>cross-over -- ethernet cables for?  Think about it.
>
></nitpick>
>
>
>> Buy another ethernet card.
>> 
>> Install ethernet card.  On the ethernet card that you use to connect to
>> the internet, click on the tab somewhere that says "share this connection"
>> (or something similar).
>
>The hub will probably be needed.  As for the additional ethernet
>card, if you've already got a stand-alone ADSL router that does PPPoE
>and NAT, it doesn't really make sense installing a second ethernet
>card in a PC to provide -- possibly unstable -- NAT and routing services.

The technicalities of this are already way over my head, so 'scuse me
if I say something stupid here.

What I bought was a Buffalo BLR3-TX4 broadband router. It has space on
the back to plug in connections to 4 computers. I am using two of
them. The phone wire goes into my ADSL modem, the modem is connected
to the router, and the two computers are plugged into the router.
Beyond that, I'm Sgt. Schultz over here. I know nothing.
>
>How much does an ADSL router with a built-in 4-port hub cost nowadays?
>Heck, there might even be cheap ones to be had for a few thousand yens
>on auctions.yahoo.co.jp as people dump them to migrate from DSL to
>optical fiber.

From about 4000 to 1000 yen.