PCCowboy had a nice description of how to set up XP's Internet Connection
Sharing
(ICS) for a dial-up connection. This would be OK assuming Lou's cable/DSL
connection
was on a non-ethernet port (eg USB). If the cable modem has an Ethernet ("large
phone-type", RJ45) connection, things are quite different. To use crossover
cables & ICS, etc would require the XP to have a 2nd NIC connected to the
cable/DSL
modem. The router is by far the simplest solution here installation-wise, as
Lou only has to set up each machine as though it's talking direct to the
Internet.
Assuming the router acts like an Ethernet hub, he gets LAN connectivity as a
bonus when he feels like setting it up.
Jeremy
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