Ok, thanks for all your help so far, my friends pC and amiga are networked, and I'm able to share files (one way at least, I have to register miamiDX). I have given up on the existing NTL line and modem and ordered a new package, which is getting installed on wednesday. The two computers are connected via a hub, but someone told me that a router is necessary to connect both computers (or iven more in the future) to the internet. Is this right? I'd rather not shell out more money if I don't have to. I'm sure I read in the tutorial htmls I got from mediator site that I can configure my amiga to act as a gateway and have all the other computers connect to that. possible? Pros/cons?
PS this has to be the most amout of "get my amiga online" type messages I've ever seen on a.org! :-o