I am glad to know that I am not alone. I have 5 machines also. Mine, the wife's, proxy server/firewall, linux box, and of couse a PC in the Garage. CAT5 cable thoughout the house (along with CAT5 phone cable) directly run to a CAT5 patch panel using a Nortel 450-T 100MB switch, all mounted in a 19 inch rack. Also have a dual nic wireless access point, one of which has a 5db external antenna connected to it.