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.

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.