Internet tethering?

[krr4]

Hi I would like to connect a sat box to the net via an Ethernet cable but I only have
A computer which connects via wifi to my smart phone for Internet.can I plug a cable into computer
And use my computer as an access point? Computer is on xp
Any advice would be great
Thanks
Krr

 

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Connection_Sharing