Router

Standard Installation for the Wireless Satellite Internet is free. Custom install charges may apply.

It's easy to go wireless with Wildblue. Wildblue Wireless Internet requires a router to a standard Wildblue Internet install. If you have gone through the steps to sign up for Wildblue received your Satellite Internet Equipment you have a few days to acquire a Wireless Router for you Wildblue Internet. As customers have tried Clear Internet or Clearwire Internet and have had little luck due to reception issues. The easiest way to make a satellite Internet wireless is to purchase a wireless Internet Router and use that along with any provider including Wildblue Satellite Internet. There is some research on wireless Internet routers you can do after setting up Wildblue Wireless Internet. As Wildblue Internet gets you connected via Satellite Dish there is no home phone line required. With Wildblue Internet you can live in the middle of the desert or at the peak of a mountain and still get service.

With the addition of a wireless router there would be little wiring to worry about. With winter approaching and downed phone lines imminent it appears Wildblue Wireless Internet will keep you connected and online as the neighbors wait for the phone company to repair their issues. Satellite Internet providers include Wildblue and Hughesnet. Wildblue provides the better value.

Competitively there are other wireless Internet providers out there. A good rule of thumb is your cell phone reception. If you are not getting good cell phone reception at your home chances are wireless Internet providers or wireless Internet cards are not going to help you. So a satellite Internet provider used with a wireless Internet router will be your best solution. If you have any questions on what providers are available in your area feel free to call and I can help you pick the best wireless provider in your area.

  In your computer there is what’s called a “wireless adapter”. Almost any new computer should already come with this installed. Your computer’s wireless adapter can translate any data you may have stored on your computer into a radio signal. Your wireless adapter will then send that radio signal to your wireless router.

Your wireless router will then take that radio signal that your computer’s wireless adapter sent, and decode it. The router sends that information to the Internet using an Ethernet cable.

This cable is colored yellow or gray and looks like a phone cable only bigger. It is plugged into the back of your router and runs to the modem that your Internet service provider, (ISP) supplied you with. The modem is what actually brings the Internet to your home. If you have a cable ISP, they some times will give you a modem that double as a wireless router. They usually add a charge for this on your monthly bill. DSL and Satellite ISP’s do not offer that.

This process can also work in reverse. The wireless router can receive information from the Internet, translate it into a radio signal and send it to the computer's wireless adapter. Giving you Internet on your computer. read more »

Currently WildBlue Satellite Internet does not provide wireless routers for customers. If you do not have a wireless router you can easily pick one up from your local electronics store. If you are a retail store shopper you are likely to find brands like Linksys/Cisco, D-Link, and Netgear. If you’re an online shopper then you’re most likely to see Asus, Belkin, Buffalo Technology, and SMC

If you are thinking about installing WildBlue Satellite Internet service in your home but you are worried it may not be compatible with your current set up - don’t worry - it is. WildBlue systems are compatible with pretty much any computer setup. read more »