It gets a little more complicated, but if you have a cable modem in one part of the house, I'd use wireless networking to distribute it everywhere else.

Probably the simplest thing is to get a combination cable modem with a wireless router/firewall. Like the NetGear MR314 at $115 or the Linksys product at the same price. Then you get a wireless card or USB wireless network adapter for every computer you want to run in the house and you're set. High speed access.

If you go with a wireless product, be sure to change the SSID name to something non-default and set a 128-bit WEP encryption key - otherwise your neighbors and passersby can tap into your network.

Ken300D