Terrific - thanks again for your swift responses. Now on to the nitty gritty - how difficult do you expect it will be for me to set up my network ?
To give you a breakdown of my circumstances:
At the moment I have two PCs, one is about 2 years old and running
Windows XP Pro SP2, the other is a brand new Dell which is running Windows XP Home SP2 (I think it is home but probably need to double check). Our broadband connection comes via NTL cable modem. Both PCs have an available network port to which an Ethernet cable could be connected. At the moment the cable modem connects directly to the older of the two PCs by Ethernet.
Again I await your sage advice.
Thanks
Dom