Home LAN advice

[maxformed]

Currently, there are two Macs at home (older iMac and a G3 beige tower). Recently signed up for comcast cable internet, and wish to network it. Hoping to find advice on equipment needed.

Goal: Modem/router setup in basement with ethernet cable to G3; wireless setup for the iMac on second floor bedroom.

Will need to expand in a few months to add a PC. Any suggestions on economical hardware and what I'll need to get started?

Thanks,
Max

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[macit]

I would get a linksys router and run a patch cable from it to the router/modem. Then hook a pc to the linksys router with a patch cable. Configure the router using the pc. Then have airport cards in the macs and configure using DHCP. Make sure the firewall software is enabled on the linksys router.

 

[ObviousTroll]

This is a few months late for the original question, but yeah - that's the set up I use; cable modem to linksys WAP/Router; wired connections to basement servers; wireless access for iBooks and Powerbooks.

Like Macit says, enable the firewall on the linksys, but also enable MAC filtering on the wireless side as well.