hey thanks for the advise.... its my own laptop, ive got it networked at uni, basically i just want to be able to use the internet at home, would be cool if i could access my files from my home comp but not the end of the world... i ahve broadband at home but my laptop isnt wireless, so do i need to buy another of those boxes that come with broadband?? it wont be plugged into the same point?

its a brand new laptop, a dell 1150 or something... so it has a network card etc.... its networked to my uni network but i jsut wanted to be able to use it at home too....

thanks hope im making sense! katie xx