Good morning -
I'm considering setting up a basic wired network to connect two
machines to the Internet via a cable modem. I"m running XP on my main
machine.

I'm confused with some of the descriptions I"m hearing.

There is discussion of using a cross-over cable between the two
machines, plugging into the NIC at either end. However, I only have
one NIC on the main machine and it's connected to the cable modem.

In order to use a crossover cable and connect to the 'Net, will I need
two NICs in the main machine, or is there there some magic I'm
missing?

I'll go the router route if crossover is not appropriate - Mike