... (Most people wind up hiding the hub in a closet, and running the wiring either along the edges of the room or inside the walls.) You can buy Ethernet cables, plus the hub, at any computer store ... think about it, the AirPort system is a lot like a cordless phone, where the base station is, well, the base station, and the Mac is the handset. The base station can take any of these forms: ... started accessing their files yet. To do that, in the Finder on one of the Macs, choose Go Connect to Server. The Network window opens, showing the icons for all the computers on the local network....