Networking with AOL

[georgiou83]

How do I network 2 pcs with AOL as the ISP via broadband.

[christydeman]

well your not getting much answers so would go to a computer shop and ask them how to connect it im not sure but if you want to know what i think then this is it setup broadband on one computer then buy another broadband adaptor to fit in another phone socket where there is one or just use a modem adaptor if youve got one try it out but if you get two broadband connections at the same time noone will be able to phone you but use a broadband or modem adaptor and connect to another phone socket and other computer so youll probs be able to use to bradband aol thingys but not be able to use the phone got that anyway or you could try to connect your pcs together that might help but if you log on at thes same time you mite get 60kbpmodem speed on each but if you dont try that go to a shop that sells broadband +pcs

[lisaj]

As discussed in a previous question: It used to be the case that AOL were not an ISP, but rather a Service Provider. This means that you never actually became part of the Internet as you would with any other ISP, but rather used their software to access their servers, which in turn provided you with web and email access. If this is still the case, you won't have an IP address (and if you do, it's not going to be a valid public IP address), and therefore you will NOT be able to route and manage TCP/IP traffic in the way required to share a network connection.