Simple Network Question about Dual ethernet ports

I have a bit of a problem with a connection and i'm not sure if it will even work. I have my custom gaming rig that I build that has the GA-EP45-UD3P motherboard in it with dual Ethernet ports. I have a friend that is over at my house that needs to connect to the internet and doesn't have wireless. I was wondering if it is possible that I could have a cable the goes from the router to my PC and and then a cable that comes out of my PC and into my friends PC and if we could have internet on both PC this way so we can play WOW together. I am an EXTREME noob when it comes to networking so please help. THANK YOU!!!

Have a look in Windows Help for how to do Windows Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) it's a not very elegant way of doing what you suggest. A router would probably be better.

Yes, you can connect your friends computer through your computer.

You're going to need a cross-over cable, which is slightly different pin-out from normal straight-through ethernet cable.

You can buy a cross-over cable @ frys or bestbuy or whatever you have near you...

You will need to go into your control panel, network settings and find the adaptor which is connected to the internet. The other Ethernet port you have should be listed as disconnected so it shouldn't be hard to tell which is which.

Right click the one that is connected to the internet, click sharing, and click the checkbox that says "allow other computers to connect through this computer"


Now, plug your cross over cable into your other ethernet port and the other end into your friends computer. He should now be given an ip address and be allowed access to the internet.