Can anybody give me some pointers here?
Currently I have my broadband coming into the PC via the USB port which is a right royal pain in the arse since it slows the PC to a crawl. I got the engineers to leave me an ethernet lead though so I can change over when I get the equipment.
What I want to do is get a card with an In and an Out on the back so I can plug the broadband into the card and then get another ethernet lead some other time and connect my old PC up to the new one and run the net off both. Doesnt matter if both PCs need to be on at the same time or anything like that. The old PC wont need to be used online at all unless somebody is using the new one. Its more for file transfers and stuff like that.
Anyway, thats all in the future for now cos the old PC doesnt have an ethernet card anyway.
So what exactly do I need to be aware of here?
The new PC is as follows:
WindowsXP
AthlonXP 2gig
Radeon7500 64mb
256 RAM (yeah I know I know but cash is tight)
I dont want anything too excessive here. Just good enough for my needs is good enough for me. The price is important too.
I also want to buy it online to save myself some money.
Anybody got any suggestions? I've never done anything like this before.