Hello, i have two computers, both running windows xp home. I want to be able to share and pritner, scanner and files between the two, how to i go about doing that using only a high-speed internet connection, i don't want to buy expensive netowrking hardware, i want to use each pc's spearte internet connection to connect to each other. each has cable there own cable internet connection

Run Windows XP Network Setup Wizard The final step is to run Windows XP Network Setup Wizard. You'll need to do this first on the ICS host computer, then on each of the client computers. The wizard guides you through the following steps: Configuring your network adapters. Configuring all of your computers to share one Internet connection. Naming each computer. Automatically sharing the Shared Files folder with the computers on the network. Automatically sharing printers that are connected to computers on the network. Installing a firewall. Installing network bridging components. Installing Internet Connection Sharing Discovery and Control components. Run Network Setup Wizard on the Host You must run Network Setup Wizard on the Windows XP ICS host computer Click Start, and then click Control Panel. Click Network and Internet Connections, and then click Set up or change your home or small office network. Follow the instructions that appear on the screen. Designate this computer (the host) as the one sharing its Internet connection. After running the wizard on your ICS host computer, run it on the client computers by performing the following steps: Run Network Setup Wizard on the clients Insert the Windows XP CD-ROM. On the menu that appears, click Perform Additional Tasks. On the next menu that appears, click Setup home or small office networking. If you do not own a Windows XP CD-ROM, you can copy Network Setup Wizard onto a floppy disk while running the wizard on the ICS host computer. Then use the floppy disk to run the wizard on the client computers. The floppy disk is created when you run Network Setup Wizard. If you ran Network Setup Wizard and did not create a floppy disk, you'll need to run the wizard again to create the floppy disk. While running the wizard, make sure you use the same settings as when you ran the wizard the first time.

Well you know, i tried to network two computers together like that, and it din work, My mom and stepdad had to by a router, and i bought the cards, anyway, if the previous way doesnt work, try buying a Router. That fixed my mom and step dad's computer networking problem.

If you are going to do plan "b" and realy want to save money then get a simple "hub" with an uplink port for the internet and set up one of the computers as the "server" so the other computer will look for the inter net through it. Your internet may not be the speed of light, and quite frankley it would decrease the speed a but only majorly for the computer which is indirectly getting the internet because all the hub does is mirror it (the internet). But after all you will be saving money. Mirsky