As for any well connected professional, we have quite a collection of technology in house.
Lets start with the basics, and work our way up from there.
First of all, we now have four PC's permanently in the house, and sometimes a fifth, my laptop, also gets connected. Because we need to share files and a printer, a network is called for. This also allows us to share the Internet. In the basement of the house is a patch panel, where all wires, configured in a star network, come together. Together that gives me space for 8 Ethernet connections.