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As Floppyman wrote.
You need two 10/100 NIC for abot 20 bucks each, Suggest LinkSys DSL/Cable at Compusa.
You then need a Router (linkSys or D-link) with at least two ports (Four Port Linksys is 129)
Next you will need som Cat5 cables or if the PCs are far apart you might look into wireless or even Intel's home networking stuff.
When buying the cables go to Walmart, for instance a Belkin cable at Compusa is 7 buck more than the same one at Walmart.
If you want to share a printer between both computers get a router with a printer port.
Setting up the router is basically as follows, (The manuals for them make it sound impossible)
1. Unplugg the cable modem
2. Plug the cable from the computers and the Cable modem into the router
3. plug in the router and hit the reset switch, you may have to push it in and hold it for up to 30 seconds (See Manual)
4. Plug in the cable modem
5. boot up one of the computers
6. Type in the routers local internet address (See Router Manual)
7. Type in the Password for the router (See Manual)
8. Check all the features to see if they meet your needs or just close the router's page.
9 Your all set
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