New Home Question - Do I Need a Router or a Switch?

[Silly Burrito]

I am building a new home and want to have Ethernet throughout the house. This is what I'm going to do:

3 lines of Cat 5e to the living room. Two on one side of the room, one on the other
2 lines of Cat 5e to the master bedroom
2 lines of Cat 5e to the 1st bedroom
2 lines of Cat 5e to the 2nd bedroom
1 line to the island in the kitchen
1 line to the front porch

What will I need to have the ability to plug into any jack and be able to access the internet? Will I need a router? A switch? Do they make large routers that will accommodate 11 lines or will I need to daisy chain 3 4-ports together? Who are good retailers to check this with?

Ultimately, I'd like to plug my laptop into the wall and have the computer recognize that broadband internet is available, and if possible, it could be part of a network with my other computer. I would like to have all of this wiring terminate in a central panel with my cable modem already in there.

Any advice on equipment I will need? All help is greatly appreciated!

 

[JackMDS]

May be this can Help.

Link: AnandTech - FAQ. Basic Options for Internet Connection Sharing

AnandTech - FAQ. Hubs, routers, switches, DSL, LANs, WANs...?

You need a Router to share Internet. You need Switch port for each connection.

Most Entry Level Routers come with 4 ports switch.

You need a Router + Switch(s) to have more ports.

 

[Silly Burrito]

I have a router right now that has 4 ports. So, what I'd have to do is buy a 16-port switch, hook all 11 cables from the house to the switch, and one cable from the switch to the router? Would that limit bandwidth in any way?