cable modem and network questions

I think what you need is your regular cable modem and a descent router. The modem connects to the router, which provides internet access to all the computers. I don't have cable, but a dsl modem connected to a Linksys BESFR41 router. It has 4 port internal 10/100 switch. It works very descent and the internal switch works faster than a D-Link switch I bought a while ago.

If your taking about your lan file sharing, it should work just fine. For Kazaa and other P2P applications, it should work also. As for games you can use DMZ and port forwarding, only if you need to host a game.

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Okay so I've got one comp. with a nic card already, not the usb. And i've got another comp. with no network card. So to be able to connect these two comp to share files and info and access one cable internet, Do I need a router (10/100 4 port pci) and another nic card for the comp that doesn't have one. And how about the belkin 4 port ethernet router??