You should also consider whether or not your DSL connection has a static IP or not. Some do not and because of this, your gateway and subnet might change each time you connect. If that is the case, the info on your friends machine might not work properly, etc.. etc.. I only breifly read peoples respnoces and comments, so I might be missing something as to whether ot not your IP is static or dynamic. I'm only saying this so that other people here consider this if they plan on setting up a proxy.