what du i need to share a broadband connection and how do i set up it (only two computers)

Get a router. If you get a hub, you'll have to pay for another IP address unless your service provider gives you another one for free.

I haven't done it but I believe that Windows 98 and Window ME both have ICS (Internet Connection Sharing). This allows you to hook your cable or DSL modem to one windows computer and the other windows computer accesses the internet thru the first one. I'm sure that this requires a network card in each computer, probably two in the computer hooked to the modem. I'm told that there is info about how to do this at www.microsoft.com/technet. I used a Linux box as a router. My Linux box (running Redhat 6.0, using IP Masquarading) is connected to the cable modem and all of the PCs see the linux box as the gateway from our network to the internet. The IP Masquarading allows all of the computers to access the internet using only on IP address from the ISP.

Well, if you are using 98 or ME you can use Internet connection sharing that is build into the OS. Just go to windows setup and add the ICS component. The key to using this, and any other software sharing solution (as opposed to the more expensive hardware solution proposed above) is that you need to have two NICs in the Internet Gateway Machine (the one that actually will be connected to the internet) ICS is pretty easy to set up and use. What happens is that you are creating two networks. One from the gateway computer to the internet(the external network), and one network that connects your computers(the internal network). All requests to the internet go to the computer that is the gateway using the internal network, the request is passed to the NIC that is connected to the internet and the request goes out. Coming back it enter via the external network and is passed over to the internal network. So you use just one internet address to service several machines.

Well, if you are using 98 or ME you can use Internet connection sharing that is build into the OS. Just go to windows setup and add the ICS component. The key to using this, and any other software sharing solution (as opposed to the more expensive hardware solution proposed above) is that you need to have two NICs in the Internet Gateway Machine (the one that actually will be connected to the internet) ICS is pretty easy to set up and use. What happens is that you are creating two networks. One from the gateway computer to the internet(the external network), and one network that connects your computers(the internal network). All requests to the internet go to the computer that is the gateway using the internal network, the request is passed to the NIC that is connected to the internet and the request goes out. Coming back it enter via the external network and is passed over to the internal network. So you use just one internet address to service several machines.

that sounds grate guys, but does this run as good as i would be using a route ? it'sounds on the 2nd hand to me that there is some sort of catch, but i don't know anything about this :[ is WinGate a better tool then ICS ? thaks alot for the help

I use internet connection sharing with broadband - and it works great - and it's un-microsoftly free if you have a computer with Win98. The setup is to put two network cards in your Win98 machine - hook up one network adapter card to your cable modem and hook the other one to your other computer with a crossed cable. You can configure the second computer to use either static IP or DHCP - both work. You can also enable file and printer sharing with this system. My second computer is running Win95.