Connecting laptop to existing braoadband

[woodchopper]

I need to connnect my wife's work computer to our existing broadband( tiscali) at home - so she can work from home when our child is born in 3 months time.
Is it possible in the first place ?
What leads do I need ?

[Ethel]

Firstly, I assume the work computer will also be in the home.

(You haven't made it clear!)

If that is the case, it is a simple matter of buying a router, and connecting all pcs by ethernet to the router, or wirelessly.

You may need to buy suitable wireless cards to adapt your pcs.

Apologies if I have the wrong end of the stick.

[woodchopper]

Hi Ethel - thanks for replying - My wife's computer is a laptop from her work ( a bank ) - it won't be connected to our home computer.
We won't be using wireless technology.
As you say - is it a simple case of buying another router or can we use the existing broadband comnnection ?

[Ethel]

If you have an existing router, you can normally connect up to 4 pcs (desktops or laptops) by ethernet cable.

You would not need another router.

If you only have a modem that allows only 1 connection, you will need to buy one router and another ethernet cable.

Check with tiscali, as I am not sure, but you may be able to replace the broadband modem with a combined modem/router to save space.

I have just looked at the tiscali site and they are selling routers at a reasonable price:
http://www.tiscali.dslshop.co.uk/index.asp

Make sure you can connect all the pcs you need to at the same time before you buy.