Ok if you have dsl Internet and 2 computers?

is there a way that you can hook them both up to the internet

i dont know if this would matter or not but one of the computers is a vista and the other one is a windows98 and one of them is in a basement and the other one is in the kitchen

Ok if you have dsl Internet and 2 computers?photoshop

Where is your DSL connection located? Since you said one computer is in the basement and the other is in the kitchen a router will not not simply resolve your problem. The computers must be close to your DSL connection (for connections via network cable) unless the computers both have wireless cards and your router is wireless.

Ok if you have dsl Internet and 2 computers?symatec

u need to do a lan connection all it need is a switch

cat cable the distance u want to cover in the area

and some specific ip which ur computer work man will help

u in that then connect the main pc to net and and switch on the another computer open the internet explorer and the net is ready
You will need a Wireless Router to do this, check with your ISP as to wether you need an ADSL or DSL one. Before anyone says different yes you can do this with 98
You need a router. That will allow you to connect the DSL line to the router and both computers to the router. This allows both computers to be on at the same time AND share the connection. It doesn't matter what each one is using for an OS (unless you are sharing files between the two. At which point, the 98 can give files to the vista, but cannot read from it. This is due to different filing formats (98 being fat32 and vista being NTFS)).
if you get a router that has wireless capabilities, you can also get usb wireless devices [linksys makes one that is quite good] or, you can run hard lines, cables to each one...the pc's do NOT have to be in close proximity to the modem and router in either case, cable costs a bit, but I ran a 60 ft cable to my daughters before we both got laptops and went wireless, so its up to you..the OS on each doesn't matter, my daughter uses a mac and I have a compaq with vista basic.