[Raistlin]

Originally Posted by Chris T

'Cable DSL'? Are you sure?

I thought it was either cable or DSL, DSL (or ADSL) being the one she doesn't want.

You're right, my bad.

However.....

Originally Posted by Chris T

And so far, nobody has asked Mrsmac to ensure that both PCs she wishes to connect have an ethernet port, nor have they told her that she may need to buy two lengths of ethernet cable when she visits PC world (I suspect that the router will come with, at best, one length of cable to connect the router to the cable modem - if it doesn't, then put three lengths of cable in your basket).

Originally Posted by Raistlin

Using ethernet cables (you will get one with the router, and probably got one with the modem, so you just need one more straight-through cat5 ethernet cable) plug the port labelled 'Internet' into the back of your modem, and then plug your two computers into the other ports (labelled 1-4) in the back of the router.

So, not guilty

I would imagine that, mrsmac being the intelligent and thoughtful lady she is, she will already have sussed that there is a need to poke around the backs of the machines. We've already established a pattern of behaviour for this as well:

Originally Posted by mrsmac2006

I read the ntl 250 from off the back so I am assuming as us women do that thats what model it is.

Given that at least one of the computers is fairly new:

Originally Posted by mrsmac

I have bought a secound pc [...] running windows XP home.

I assumed that it was likely to have an Ethernet port. I'm fairly sure, given that it too is running Windows XP, that the original PC is new enough that we can make an assumption in that case as well.

So, there we have it. I've made a couple of assumptions, oh dear - I think everything else we've said has been fairly on the money though.