Is there a way I can add wireless networking in my home without going through a cable company?

Question

I currently have dial-up through AT&T and have ordered EarthLink. I recently learned that EarthLink is provided through Time Warner cable who I wish not to do business with.

Answer 1

You can use wireless networking in your home without cable, but you do have to have some sort of broadband, you can not use dial-up.

Call your phone companies and see who offers DSL service, it is alot cheaper than cable and is usually fast enough to meet most people's needs. If you don't want to use DSL either, you can get broadband through satellite, but that is very expensive.

Note: You can create a wireless network in your home regardless of your Internet connection, but if you want all the computers on your network to be able to get on the Internet, then you have to have some sort of broadband.

Answer 2

This is very cost effective and you will need:

1. 4 port switch.
2. Ethernet Cat-5 Cable- (@ length should be the length from one pc to another.

Switch on your switch, switch on all your computers, insert Cat 5 cable in each computers network card and other end on switch, you will see lights light up.

In each pc go to start- control panel- network connections and click on setup a home or small office network, follow instructions.
Give each pc different name but same domain name so that they are on one network.

All your computers are online using one modem connection.

Answer 3

Wireless networking in your home is one thing. You can have several computers and printers talking to each other. Your internet is a different deal. My guess is that if you have dial up, it will be awfully slow to do through wireless. Good luck.