Eli5 In the days of dial up internet how would large organisations (or even homes with more than 1 computer) enable multiple computers to use the internet at once

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Eli5 In the days of dial up internet how would large organisations (or even homes with more than 1 computer) enable multiple computers to use the internet at once

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In the old days a home would have one desktop computer connected to the internet.
Laptops were not so common then.

In offices you would have one (or two) main computers permanently connected to the internet, and then many other smaller computers connected by LAN cables (Local Area Network cables).

It was much harder to set up conputers for internet those days. Nowadays it’s so easy.