Hi there.
To share the cable for web access: If you are running win98 or Win ME you can run the cable straight to the hub. Run the wires from each computer NIC to the hub. You'll need a firewall to protect the systems. **I've not run this setup before with cable. So I don't know if it will work with a plain hub, or if it will only work with a router hub. I did it this way with DSL, which should be the same as Cable...I think.
Another way (which is very common) is to use a proxy program like Sygate to share the cable access. The cable will connect into one of 2 NIC's in one computer acting as the Server on your LAN. The 2nd NIC in the Server computer will connect to the hub. The 2nd computer on the LAN will connect to the hub and will access the net through the Server computer on the LAN. Sygate works to allow more than one computer to share the net through a LAN and has a built-in firewall.
If I didn't answer fully what you need to know, let me know what info you need.
[ 28 May 2001: Message edited by: Junky ]