What is the best way to connect two computers when there is no ethernet ports fitted?

I need to connect two computers both running win ME so that they can share the same printer

What is the best way to connect two computers when there is no ethernet ports fitted?antivirus download

there are several ways to connect without network cards, you could use a laplink cable which connects through the serial ports which all pc's have, although these would be relatively short so the pc's would have to be quite close to each other.

another way would be to fit network cards in both pc's, these can be brought for around 拢10 each and you would then need a crossover cable around 拢15 from pc world depending on length (although i use a normal network cable with a crossover adapter with a total cost of 拢4.95 for the cable at 15m and 拢1.50 for the crossover adapter) .

another way is firewire cards, these recieve at quite a high speed but again you would have to buy 2 and their around 拢15 each and the cable's are pretty short.

all of these option's can be used with the network setup wizard within windows xp and millenium, and will also share internet connections aswell as files and printer sharing.

the cheapest place to go to are the local pc shop's on some side streets or you could try www.cpc.co.uk my local shop is www.sinoco.co.uk but i dont know if he offers a delivery service but your cheapest option is cat 5e network cable with cossover adapter. good luck