That's exactly how I have my home network configured. Had it for many years actually. There's a Linux box that is the central point of the network. It has several network cards: one for the cable modem, another for the WiFi access point, another for the local LAN. On the cable modem, I just get an IP address via DHCP from the provider. The WiFi access point is connected to the server via a loopback Ethernet cable actually. There's no need to use a switch when there are only 2 devices connected. Also, in this setup, there's no point to use a WiFi router - a simple WiFi access point is much better. The Linux server becomes the router. The third network card goes into a switch that connects all the local LAN. The Linux box does NAT for all the networks behind it. Also runs a local DNS cache and stuff like that. -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/