We have had cable TV and broadband for ages now. Previously I used one PC as a gateway. Ie - 2 network cards. 1 to the cable box (combined TV and broadband) and one to a 100Mb switch. Cat 5 cabling from the switch to various points in the house where other machines could be plugged in. Works fine with the right firewall and internet connection sharing software. Drawback is that if the gateway PC needs to go down for any reason we all lost web connectivity.

So, when we moved last year, I decided to upgrade. I have gone for a wireless system. Wireless router connected directly to the cable box. It has 3 or 4 RJ45 ports as well. Wireless NICs in all the other PC's. Works a treat. The router itself is a hardware firewall and seems to be very effective.

I would certainly recommend the wireless solution to anyone. On the one I have you can change the frequency at which it works in case of interference btw. At the moment I am running at 11Mbps but the cards are capable of 100Mbps when I upgrade the router. Mind you I am in no hurry to do that. 11Mbps seems to be ample for home use - the 'bottleneck', if any, would be the 600K broadband connection.

Hope it all works as well for you Rapaire:-)

Cheers

DtG