How to Make My Time Warner Internet Wireless

Upgrade your Time Warner Cable to wireless.

Upgrading your Time Warner Cable Internet access with wireless capabilities allows you to connect multiple wireless devices to the Internet service simultaneously. To make your Time Warner Cable Internet service wireless-capable, you need to connect a wireless router to the cable modem. After you properly connect the wireless router, all wireless devices within range of the router can connect to the Internet at the same time. Time Warner Cable Internet service works with all standard wireless routers.

Things You'll Need

• Wireless router
• Ethernet cable

Instructions

1. Disconnect the power cable from the Time Warner Cable modem. The power must be turned off so that the cable modem will recognize the new wireless router.

2. Connect an Ethernet cable from the Ethernet port on the cable modem to the Internet or WAN port on the wireless router.

3. Power on the cable modem and wait approximately 60 seconds for the modem to synchronize with Time Warner Cable.

4. Power on the wireless router and wait 30 seconds for it to initialize.

5. Connect your wireless devices to the wireless router. For example, a computer running Windows 7 can connect by clicking the wireless network icon in the lower right corner of the screen. Click the name of the wireless network, which is most likely the name with the most green bars next to it. Enter the wireless password, if prompted.

Tips & Warnings

• Most wireless routers additionally offer a built-in four-port switch to allow directly connected Ethernet devices to connect as well.