ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Modem sharing device

Okay, I'll explain it to you like you're five years old!

Imagine that you have a toy that you really love to play with, but your friend also really wants to play with it at the same time. You can't both play with the toy at the same time, but you don't want to be mean and not let your friend play with it at all.

A modem sharing device is a little bit like the solution to this problem.

The modem is the thing that lets your computer or tablet or phone connect to the internet. And normally, only one device can be connected to the modem at a time.

But if you have a modem sharing device, it's like having two toys that you and your friend can play with at the same time. It makes it possible for more than one device to connect to the internet using the same modem.

So, if you and your friend both want to use the internet at the same time, you can use a modem sharing device to make that happen. It's kind of like sharing your toy with your friend, so that you can both have fun playing with it!