Switching from DSL to Cable. Help!

Followup--- I made the switch. Easy as pie. Did it all myself. Even drilling holes through the floor so as not to have to run the cable wire throughthe upstairs. Didn't even need to change a setting or reset my router. Thanks guys!

I made that switch, and they did the "installation" for free because it was part of a promo. In my case, though, I needed a new cable line run from the outside into the house, so I wasn't even going to try that one myself. I wasn't really sure how cable worked, and I mentioned to the guy we might want to move the main computer upstairs later - he quoted me that $150 you're talking about. Totally unnecessary. It's the same as DSL except it plugs in with a cable wire (same one that goes in your TV) instead of a phone cord and phone jack. Beyond that, it's all exactly the same. If you've set up DSL, you'll have no problem setting up cable, in my opinion.

Wireless is just a matter of getting a wireless router. I'd never done that either. I just went to the store, asked a random electronics guy what I needed to buy to make it happen, he sold me a wireless router, and I followed the very easy instructions that came with it. Just make sure you do the password thing.

the basic connectivity to cable is simple.. plug your cable-wire into the cable modem, then plug the cable modem Ethernet wire into your PC or your router - anyone can do this.

The making it wireless part should not be difficult - but the exact steps will depend on the equipment they give you.. assuming it's a wireless router/cable modem, you plug it into the cable wire, then plug an ethernet wire from a computer into it (you need to configure it) - open your browser and go to the wireless web-interface (they need to tell you the URL).. once in the configuration page you set your WPA password and SSID(the share name) and that's probably about it.. then you fire up your wireless laptop (you will have to know how to use the wireless software on your laptop), tell it to connect to your new wireless router, enter the password, and you're done.

*EDIT: the only other thing to consider is that if your DSL required any kind of 'dialing' software, or has any software installed on your computer( that controls your IP settings, you may have to remove/change it.

if they give you a regular (non wireless) cable-modem, then you plug your existing wireless box into the cable modem (probably have to restart it), and thats probably about it - you may have to refer to your wireless box instructions if anything doesnt work, but on newer equipment it should be nearly automatic.

Either way - if you have the documentation for the wireless box, it's pretty easy.