fast network facilities?

[MuGeN]

i've never really been in the know when it comes to networks, but i've had enough of my crappy wireless and am going to wire up the house...

firstly, does my macbook have the ability to work with a "gigabit" network? and secondly, do i need a different router (just got the standard sky one) and special cables to do it?

would be nice to stream to the ps3 without any stop/starts, to remote desktop to my windows pc, and last but not least, to have a solid internet connection (i'm sure its the wireless not anything external)

any ideas?

 

[MuGeN]

ahh, there might be a problem then since sky don't let you use your own router

i have heard rumor of ways to extract your username and password from the standard router but tbh i wouldn't know where to start... anyone done this? easy thing to do?

 

[MuGeN]

ahh ok sound

any router recommendatoins? i hear what you're saying memyselfandi about a switch but dont really want another gadget to plug in, a decent router will do me fine now i can get the userpass

Linksys are the best aren't they? which gigabit one would be the one to have?