Advise - Change to wired/wireless home network

I currently have NTL cable modem connected by USB to 1st PC and a crossover
cable from 1st to 2nd PC NIC's
Both PC's are XP and file / internet sharing is working fine.
I have just bought a Linksys wireless router with 4 ports, my intention is
:-
Cable -- ethernet -- router -- ethernet -- 1st PC
router -- wifi -- 2nd PC
In the future I would also like to add (wifi) an old laptop running 98SE
Can anyone advise of any problems (and solutions) I might encounter?
Thanks ....... Allan

"Allan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> I currently have NTL cable modem connected by USB to 1st PC and
> a crossover cable from 1st to 2nd PC NIC's
> Both PC's are XP and file / internet sharing is working fine.
> I have just bought a Linksys wireless router with 4 ports, my
> intention is
>:-
> Cable -- ethernet -- router -- ethernet -- 1st PC
> router -- wifi -- 2nd PC
> In the future I would also like to add (wifi) an old laptop
> running 98SE Can anyone advise of any problems (and solutions) I
> might encounter? Thanks ....... Allan
>

Not problems, some reminders:

1) Check your UTP cable needs.
Cable - router is probably cross-over, but check it out.
Router - PC1 is definitely standard patch cable

2) Secure your Internet connection.
Lock down the router and tweak its firewall settings to your needs.

3) Secure your WiFi network.
Non-default SSID, MAC filtering, 128-bit WEP encryption etc

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