On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 16:27:30 +0100, Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I have a cable-based (not optic) modem/router to connect to the > Internet (ADSL), which works fine. However, a friend comes in from > time to time, bringing her laptop. Is there some cheap and easy way of > letting her laptop to connect to Internet? Unfortunately, I cannot see > any place in the modem/router to connect an extra cable... You can buy 8 port layer 2 switches for about $20 including shipping. You can buy a wireless router for about $45 including shipping. (You can even flash it with something like ddwrt or openwrt if you want to have low level access to the device.) You can install a nic card (for something like $15) in your existing computer and have it route packets and do NAT for the laptop.
