I have a laptop on its way. I plan to use it in another room to operate an embroidery machine (25-30 ft. away). To network it (it isn't wireless) do I need a special cable to hook to the cable modem and the NIC in the laptop?..........or will a telephone wire work? -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.