i keep hearing this: you cant host a game with very many people on a cable connection. ive been running a server on my pc with a cable connection for up to 15 players for a year. ive had as many as 15 at a time with no complaints of lag. i run autokick set to kick at 200. maybe thats the secret i dont know but it works well for me and my regulars.i will say on certian nights itll lag a bit for a few players but for the most part it works fine. ive even modded all the moh maps with vehicles, fire, smoke, machine guns. and i run a form of the old ultra mod. so a lot of the game comes from my pc yet we dont have a problem. so i would tell you to try it and see how it goes. i run a P4 1.8..1 GIG OF DDR MEMORY..RADEON 9700 PRO VIDEO CARD..on a cable connection.