Connecting new mac mini to internet

I have just ordered a new mac mini to run alongside my PC which is connected to broadband at the moment. Do i need an external modem to connect my new mac to broadband?

You don't provide any information about how your other computer is connected to broadband. The connection could be via either cable or DSL, and depending on the type of "Modem", there may be either more than one ethernet outlet, or some "Modems" function as wireless routers as well. Broadband doesn't really need to be "MOdulated or DEModulated (hence the name for Modems) it is essentially digital signal to begin with, but the old term is still applied to the appliance that hooks to the cable. If you do not have a cable between the computer and the Modem, it is a sure sign that it has wireless router capabilities. If it does have a cable it still may have wireless capabilities, but you would have to check the literature that came with it. Some ISP's offer wireless capability as a "perk" to get you to sign up, but if you have just one computer they sometimes perform the easiest installation - which is an ethernet connection (Cable) between the Modem and the computer.

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