Home networking: Before you begin
Before and during the setup of your modem router, ensure that:
- You use your original master screen name to set up your modem router and to access the internet.
- You enter your screen name in the correct format:
-- Enter the screen name in lower case
-- Add @aol.com after the screen name
-- Remove any spaces
For example: If your current screen name is Jack and Jill, you should enter jackandjill@aol.com in your modem router setup. - The password for your screen name follows our guidelines
- A DSL filter is connected to every telephone socket in your home where a telephony device will be used
- Your computers meet the minimum system requirements
For a wireless network, ensure that:
- You have a wireless adapter to connect each computer
- You have checked whether your router needs an upgrade card to connect wirelessly
- You have considered the security
requirements of your network
For a wired network, ensure that:
- Each computer you wish to connect has an ethernet card
- You have a length of ethernet cable to connect each computer
- Each cable does not exceed the maximum recommended length (100m)