ok, here's what I'm trying to do with what I got...
I have 2 computers that are both running XP... one of them is connected to the internet through a router and the other isnt connected at all... I have a phone cord extension, and on each computer there is 2 phone jacks... Is there a way I can McGuyver a small network, piggy back the internet connection for the second computer and allow direct connection between the 2 units?Connect the 2nd computer to the router.  The router will allow the computers to communicate with each other and the internet.Routers full, and I DONT have another RJ45 cable or the means to acquire one... just a phone cordSorry if this is stating the obvious  
Win XP has a fairly usefull ntwork setup wizad which will alow u to use the router to alow the second computer to use the first computers internet conection. It worked fairly easily with me.Ok, there seems to be a miscommunication... here's what my limitations are, with no exceptions:
1) No RJ-45 cable for the second unit, and no money to get one
2) The router is full, already has 4 computers set up to it

Now I will explain what my intentions are:
To somehow share my connection between my 2 computers with nothing more than a phone extension cord... there are phone jacks in both of them, as they are in your units as well

If I cant have one connected to the net, then I still want to be able to access it for file organization purposes.

To recap: No Router, No RJ-45 Cable, No Money, A Phone Cord and 2 Computers

I could just keep switching where the one RJ-45 cable I do have that keeps me online, but the way my setup is, it's a hassle... So LETS SEE some resourcesfulness

And I'd also like to thank everyone for taking the time to help me out on this... I do appreciateCan't be done...................

You need a null modem cable (no this is not a phone line nor does it actually plug into a modem) or a network cable and a hub, or a crossover network cable and dual NICs in one of the computers (that would also have to act as a router), or a crossover parallel cableHuh... ?
Ive obviously missunderstood something here.
Sorry about that   havnt read this through properly and jumped to a conclusion.
Sorry   Andrew Massey  Why do I get the idea there's more going on here than your telling us .........Here's a thought , why dont dont you simply transfer the info from the one machine over to the other pc ......


Let us know

dl65  What is it you think I'm not telling you? you want the life story? ok...

I rent a room at my friends parents house... They let me hook up my first CPU to the internet through their router.... then my friend gave me another computer a few days ago.... it has  a bit more memory and a DVD player.... The only thing is, the router is full cause of the 3 cpu's my friends dad already has hooked up, plus mine.
My intention (again) is to connect my 2 computers together... at this point, I dont even care if #2 doesnt get online... I would be happy if I could just control #2 from #1...

What I do have, is a phone cord.... and on both of my machines, and all of your machines to, there is a card with 2 phone jacks. I'm a sort of hardware newbie, so I dont know exactly what that card is all about, and I was working a theory that if I used the phone cord, I could connect the two in a kind of 'dial up' style network, then setup the windows remote access or whatever I can FIND so I dont have to walk across the room, unhook the cable from #1 and put it into #2 and what not...
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..there is a card with 2 phone jacks.....