OK - the best physical way to set up a network is to use a switched hub - they are not expensive - and a NIC in each box, connected to the hub by a cat5 cable. That's easy if they are physically fairly close, though re-wiring the whole house is more problematic :-)
Best of all is if you can spend a little more to buy a router that includes some hub capability. They are often described as having two or four RJ45 sockets. If you can do that you configure the router to be the gateway to the Internet, and both computers connect through that. It's easy to get this set up with the help of the list. HTH
Anne
Okay - this sounds like my best option - saw some of these items today, I think, when I was looking for the KVM switch. Waiting now for next pay day :-)
Thanks
-- Rosemary
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I have a spare router just collecting dust. Are you in the US?
You are welcome to it.
Lee
No I am in New Zealand - unfortunately, in this instance. Thanks for the thought though.
-- Rosemary
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