Note: The following instructions are not the only way to create a network and connect to your ISP, however; I found this way to be the least complex and trouble free. This is a self-learned experience and I’m sharing my information with you, in hopes that your efforts will be minimized. These documents discuss a number of products and vendors. These are not promotional pages for these products. You may want to choose different vendors and/or products.

	Have Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP
	Connect computers into an Ethernet based Local Area Network (LAN).
	Software to allow Internet sharing on all computers in the LAN.

	Network Interface Cards (NIC's): One NIC for each computer in the LAN
	Ethernet Hub: 10Mb, 100Mb, or auto switching 10/100. Note: insure that hub has enough port to support the number of computers which your are connecting in the LAN
	10BaseT Cabling: One 10BaseT cable for each NIC card connection to hub

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