Best way to network 3 MACs to DSL?

I'm looking at going from dialup to Embarq (prev Sprint) DSL. I have a 4 yr old G4 PowerPC with ext. wireless card, Power Book G4 with built-in wireless card and iMAC (my wife's) with no wireless capability. All are running OS X 10.4.8. Would be nice if could connect an HP LaserJet 3330 (now connected to my wife's Mac) to the network too. What is the best hardware configuration and the best equipment to get? Embarq sells routers. Is that the way to go? Also where can I find simplified instructions on doing the setup? What about security protection? I'm sure this info has been posted many times. Please point me the right direction. Thanks Terry
Power Mac G4 1 GHz Dual Mac OS X (10.4.8)

- japamac
I'm wondering if it would work as a starter for
connecting a DSL modem from Embarq to it and get
started on DSL. I've been able to communicate
wireless among my 3 computers, but not consistently.
Never did get all computers set up correctly, I
guess. Looks like the new Apple airport extreme
would be a good long term solution with the latest
security, but kind of expensive. The 5 MHz option
would also avoid interference from my 3 portable
phones.
hanks again. Terry
Hey Terry, The Dl-524 is a great router and is what I use for connecting my arsenal of macs to the internet. Just connect the cable coming out of your DSL modem to the WAN port of the 524 and connect any other non wireless computers to the LAN ports. You may need to tell your isp the MAC address of your router so that they will authorize it to work on your account or you may not need to depending on your isp.
If you need to program and configure the 524 or find the MAC address you need connect an ethernet cable between the computer and one of the LAN ports and then type in 192.168.0.1 in Safari's address bar and hit return to access the 524's configure/setup pages. The user name is "admin" and the password is left blank.
As far as interference from you portable phones. I Just had to go in and selct another channel to have the 524 broadcast from. this is set from the Dlink's Home/Wireless (side menu option)
It should work great for you 'cause it does for me.
Paxx

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