close.

run the cables:
Modem to router to switch to individual device (computer)

You can also add anotherWireless Access Point (AP) at any of your 8
wired locations if your wireless range needs better coverage.

Any Linksys rack mount 10/100 switch should be fine for your
residential application. No need to spend a lot of money. I've bought
a few reconditioned, but get the 16 port if you do. I've had
individual ports die, so I just plug into another.

On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 08:53:59 -0000, DeanB <deanbrown3d@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>Hello all,
>
>Although I'm a software developer, I am not so familiar with
>networking technologies, and I would like a sanity check on this
>before I purchase anything:
>
>In my living room now, I have cable internet coming into a Motorola
>Surfboard cable modem, and out of that into a Linksys WRT54G wireless/
>4 port router. All is fine. I want to keep the wireless on this level
>of the house.
>
>However, in the basement, the last owner installed a small hub with
>ethernet going into 8 rooms (nice!). I want to purchase a new switch
>(8 or 16 port), install it in the basement with all the ethernet lines
>branching out from there.
>
>Question 1: What would be an appropriate switch here? I like Linksys,
>and the basement setup is a rack mount system. Not sure which model to
>buy.
>
>Question 2: Can I simply run an ethernet cable up from on of the ports
>on this new switch to my WRT54G upstairs?
>
>Thanks immensely!
>
>Dean