   Home Networking...require assistance.
  Ok, First i'll explain my setup.I have a Cable Modem plugged into my PC. I have a router connected to my PC through its WAN port. In Linux I have it setup to correctly to allow computers connected to the wifi router to the internet through my PC. Alls well and good there!I now need to do exactly the same in Windows XP, since its Dual boot. Can anyone shed some light on how I can do this?Thanks in advance..   
  Use XP Internet Connection Sharing. Depending on your wifi card manufacturer (I have an Asus motherboard that provided an Asus Soft AP utility) you may be able to use their drivers to turn ICS on.Also, I highly recommend buying a dedicated wireless router. In my experience, the wireless cards in desktop/laptop PCs just don't have the power you need to create a decent home wifi network -- I go down to one bar from five in OS X when I head downstairs. It also frees you from the massive headache of managing software routers. [wink]   ;  if you mean turning the winxp into a router/gateway i think only the server eddition can do thatEDIT: nevermind   ;  I assume the cable modem is some USB or such and that's why you can't plug the router WAN straight into the cable modem...You might hunt around for a cheap wifi router - I picked one up a couple years ago for $20US. Wireless is enough of a headache by itself.   ;  Oh, that's another thing: If your cable modem is USB, use ethernet and just plug a router into it directly.But I assume you have clue since you're dual-booting with Linux.   ;  Got it sorted out. I just had to get the router to connect to my PC without using DHCP, all working nicely now. I will say one thing - Windows may make networking easy, but finding the magic button to get it all to work is hard.My PC isn't connecting wirelessly to anything, I have a cheap Wifi router, but it has no way for me to plug directly into it, just the WAN port. Thats why I'm using my PC as the gateway now. 2 Ethernet cards, no problems now [smile] Should have explained how I have everything wired up a bit better mind..   