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Broadband for students: Sharing the connection amongst everyone

In the first two parts to this article series
I discussed how to go about getting broadbandAt this point all you and your friends need
internet for student housing, when you striketo do is plug in a wireless adaptor to your
out on your own in your second year you arePC and sometimes you won't even have to do
left to find your own provider with mostthat since most modern laptops have built in
landlord treating internet supplies as awireless cards. In some student houses you
luxury. This guide has shown how to get themay find the signal gets pretty weak the
telephone line activated in yours and yourfurther you are from the access point, in
housemate's names and how to look forwhich case it would be best to invest in a
broadband suppliers. The second partWireless N router. Different generations of
discussed what steps to take in order to letbroadband routers provide different levels of
your new broadband provider take over fromstrength, in most cases the previous
the  previous  tenant's  provider.generation, Wireless G would be sufficient
and fairly cheap to get for a typical house,
Now in this final part I'll cover what stepshowever if you're finding the signal isn't
you'll need to do in order to make sure thatreaching everyone in your house then you may
the single internet connection in your househave to invest in a wireless N router and
is distributed to everyone who lives in youradaptors.
house through wireless networks. I'll go into
how to get everyone online and make sure noThe only remaining issue is the security of
one  steals  your  internet!your network, you want to pay for yours and
your housemate's internet, not for your next
Now you've sorted your connection out now youdoor neighbours, so securing your wireless
need to go about sharing the internet amongstnetwork is vital in order to limit who can
all the residents. This is typically done byconnect  to  your  network.
plugging your modem into a router instead of
a single computer, in the past these thingsThe easiest way to protect your network is to
used to mean trailing wires everywhere tolock it down with a private key; this
connect all the computers to the wiredessentially puts a password on your internet
router. If you're a student and you'reaccess which only the authorised people know.
coming in at stupid o'clock in the morning,In a student-filled area this is vital since
stumbling in the dark is going to be madeif people can get something without paying
more treacherous with all these cables lyingfor it then they'll surely try their luck.
everywhere and is bound to cause a bruise orI've known people who've connected to
two;  thank  god  for  wireless  routers!unprotected networks as well as people who
have had people trying to use their internet
Wireless routers do the same job as a wiredwithout asking. If someone uses your
one but don't have the cables encroachinginternet then it may end up experiencing a
throughout your house. Plus there's no limitdrop in speed which is definitely not
to the amount of devices that can connect tosomething  you'd  want.
the access point too, you aren't restricted
to five connections which is great for modernOne issue you may find with sharing a low
computers as many people will now have aspeed connection is that it may not be quick
computer and maybe a video games console thatenough to provide acceptable speeds to all
connects to the internet too. Some broadbandthe people connected so you may end up having
suppliers offer routers as a part ofto look into upgrading your speed. Use a
broadband deals so keep an eye out for thesebroadband speed test to see if you're getting
offers; they can save you having to shell outan acceptable speed, if not then your house
£75  on  one  yourself.may need an upgrade!



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