Internet access for new MacBook and old iMac

I put part of this question under "Using your MacBook" and have received what may be the answer to connecting my new MacBook with my old G3 iMac. But as I was describing that situation, something else occurred to me.
Is it possible to connect both an AirPort station, allowing me to use the MacBook anywhere in the house, and my iMac to the same cable modem, which of course has a single Ethernet port? Is there some sort of Y-connector or router that I need to do that? Or maybe that's breaking the rules of my ISP -- I'm using a Comcast connection to access Earthlink and .Mac.
Thanks for any advice.

Yes, that is how a combined wired/wireless router works, you have 3 wired ports on the Airport Extreme Base Station, and can also use wireless Airport simultaneously. you hook the incoming Ethernet source from the cable modem to the router. Linksys, Netgear, D-Link all make similar wired/wireless routers that are compatible with PC and Mac, with different features, number of ports, max number of wireless connections, etc. The Airport works great and comes with a Mac OS X configuration utility Airport Utility that makes configuring it fairly easy. You can make the wireless network private, password protected, and encrypted for security of your network.

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