Setting up network, advice needed.

Just got a Kcorp KLG-575 myself, assuming that's the model you have. The lack of usb ports is the only downer I'm aware of, shame.

Tricky situation. The Kcorp is a great piece of kit, good speeds and very cheap. I'd firstly try to get a cheap ethernet modem, £15-30, and run the Kcorp through that.

Or, you could get a usb to ethernet convertor. I'm not too sure on this one, but they retail from around £10-15. You might get bottlenecks, and usb can be slower than ethernet.

Or if not, then try and return it and go for something else. I'd try doing the above options first though.

You'll need to look around. My parents have one, a chinese, or taiwan brand that does the job. It's basically a box with ethernet out.

Your best bet would probably be a computer fair, or maybe ebay, or a second hand one. It is tricky though as such units are usually USB, you just have to have a good look around.

The Kcorp is a decent router, worth holding onto if you can. It performs very well in the tests I've seen, and is one of the fatest wireless routers around. Just lacks MIMO for longer distances, although that's still quite an expensive technology, and for the £45 the Kcorp costs, you're getting plenty.

If not the Netgear DG834G is a good choice at around £60.

There is an alternative to buying a new adsl/router. You could connect the USB modem to your main computer, then connect from this computer to your current router. Then use ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) or a proxy to set your network up. The drawbacks with this: It's a bit more complicated to set up ICS, and you would have to make sure your main computer is on for any of the other computers to connect to the net. But this would be the cheapest option. You already have the hardware you need to set this up.

There is a choice. Spend £50 on another router/modem and set up a network. Or spend less than £5 on a cat5 patch cable, and use the hardware you already have to set up a network.

If you don't mind spending more money. The easiest way is another router/modem. If you want to save money. Like I said, you already have enough hardware to get a perfectly good network up and running.

Both networks will do the same thing. The only drawback on the cheaper option is the fact that your main computer will have to be on for the other computer to access the net. With an ADSL router each computer will be able to go online without the other being on.

Completely your choice on what you want to lay out. Using ICS (it's already built into Win XP) is not a 'hash job', it works perfectly well once it's set up.