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The best way, in my opinion, is buy a router ($40 on ebay). A wireless router would work just fine and the prices are very inexpensive right now. You could also use internet connection sharing if you have two network cards on one of the machines. If you are using Windows XP, right click on the network card that is accessing/connected to the internet. Click on the advanced tab and check the internet connection sharing box. In the Home Networking Connection drop down box select your other network card. You can connect the two computers with either a crossover cable or a network hub.

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Good Luck Lee

you can also setup proxy server on the one connected to the internet. a free proxy server is available at http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network.htm
hope this helps

Well if your running XP turn on internet connection sharing connect the computers via a common media. Set the second computer up with the handy dandy network configuration disk.
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