Silly River Sage , Jon and John.
Thanks for the great feedback.

Jon - are you still Ok for the Spotlight Guest on August the 12th at Market Rasen Folk Club? If I remeber right, you said your wife would confirm your availability, but I haven't heard anything since then.

Yes Jon you have got it smack on with the Belkin Modem/Router plus two NIC usb adaptors

I have both machines with the very latest updates (including SP2) on Windows XP Home, so will stick with that. My wife is so busy at the moment, I can't upgrade her.

However by the sounds of it, I can at least set the Modem/Router up in advance. That will save me a bit of work come the revolution.

John
I take note of what you are telling me about making sure I know what is on the machines.
Whilst the files that my wife has to download are large, most of the files are help files that assist my wife whilst she translates. They are not needed once each job is completed. We back the completed jobs off onto CD. She has a 40 gig drive removable hard disk.

It sure pays to do your homework before you take the plunge.

Cheers
Les