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Originally Posted by wired-woman
Hi
I realise this is a rudimentary question but my neighbours have asked for help. At the moment they have one computer connected to ntl broadband. They have just bought another computer (yet to be delivered) and they want this to be connected to broadband too. Which would be the easiest route - they don't mind whether it's wired or wireless but they are reluctant to open the boxes (I'm not sure if either of the machines have a network card).
Any help and suggestions as to what type of equipement to be purchased would be appreciated (as its likely that I'll be doing the job!) - is there an easy, USB, plug-in type answer?
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I would guess that the new computer will have a network card in it, so the easiest way would be to get a simple router.
There are plenty of discussions on this forum about which ones are best.
A wireless router would be more flexible, but if this is another desktop I guess it will be pretty much static.
If the machine does not have a NIC, then you could get a usb network adaptor (about £15) or a usb wireless adaptor (about £20) and connect using those.
HTH
<edit - like Chris said
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