Finally! After playing Sokoban for a few days [1], the bedroom is finally settled enough for me to get the network setup and running. Of course the phone line is on the other side of the room. I could have set up the computers over by the phone jack, but that would have disrupted the path to the dryer.
So I live with a cable across the middle of the floor.
Still have quite a bit of unpacking to do, but now my email is no longer being routed to Outer Mongolia [2].
Woot!