My Network description... Two setups:
Current (Park has good Wi-FI)
Linksys WGA-54G "Modem" connected to park's wi-fi feeding Belkin router (Flakey) feeding 2 ReplayTV DVR's (Record or watch 2 shows at one time, record in one room, watch in another, all those modern features, Watch anywhere on Laptop or other devices, Download to computer and burn to DVD these DVRs are over 10 years old)
One "Desktop" (HP) running Windows XP and WiRNS (Windows Replay Network Server)
Two laptops: One mostly for running Ham Radio Delux (Very little net presence) and one for .. Most of what I do on the net
Two Android devices.. one mostly plays Pandora, the other is my cell phone.
Optional:
Two networks, The Replays and the WiRNS machine are one network
The cell phone as a "hot spot" connected with the laptops and the Server as the other, yes the server belongs to both networks as does one of the laptops (The one running Ham Radio Delux) since it is hard wired to the router (Used to use a laptop with a bad Wi-Fi Adapter so ran the hard line).
The WiRNS server really needs to see the net only once every week or two for one short program run and can do that via the cells hot spot if needed.
Works great for the most part. only real issue is the Wi-Fi side of the Belkin router sometimes flakes on me.