I recently took delivery of my orange livebox for my home broadband connection..."great I thought", I got it all plugged in and working by connecting with an ethernet cable...excellent, the service is fast and reliable...and then I tried to connect wirelessly...this is where the fun ended abruptly!
I remember it was pain it in the arse when I set up my parents wireless connection to a livebox so, I searched google, found several "solutions" with varying levels of complexity, none of which worked..yes..not even the orange technical article worked. so, several hours of hair tearing out frustration....here's the solution that got me up and running (I'm writing this on my new wireless connection) hopefully it'll save you some time!:
I should add that I'm using a centrino laptop with built in wireless adaptor, the rules will probably be different for external adaptors etc
I have updated this article to make it easier to follow..i kinda had to do this as I had to re-install my operating system....sigh...windows....
- go to "start>control panel>network connections"
- right click on "wireless network connection" and select "properties"
- select the "wireless networks" tab
- ensure that "use windows to configure my wireless network settings" is checked
- highlight your livebox in the "preferred networks" list (if there is more than one, the name is on the bottom of the livebox), if there are none, proceed to next step
- click "properties"
- set "Network Authentication" to "shared" and "data encryption" to "WEP"
- enter the WEP code (also on the bottom of the livebox). it's worth typing this into notepad or other text editor ensuring all letters are in uppercase and remembering that anything you think is a letter "o" isn't...its a zero
- confirm the code (if you took my advice and typed it into notepad you can copy and paste it to save time and errors)
- select "Authentication" (the middle tab at the top of the window)
- UN-check "Enable IEEE........"
- click "ok"
- close these two windows but leave the "network connections" window open
- in the "Network Connections" window, right click on "Wireless Network Connection" and select "View Available Wireless Networks"
- press button "1" on the back of the livebox itself, to put it into pairing mode
- select your livebox from the list (remember, if there are more than one, your livebox name can be found on the bottom of the livebox itself) and click "connect"
- in the security window that opens, enter your WEP code and also confirm it (bet you're glad you took my advice and typed it into notepad so you could just copy and paste, aren't you?)
- you should now connect successfully...
oh..and one last piece of advice, in a browser window, type 192.168.1.1 into the address bar, this will open your livebox configuration page...by default the user and password are "admin" and "admin", once you're in, navigate to "Configuration" and then "Administrator" and change your password...just a little extra security to make for a happier life!
7 comments - Posted by mark at 10:56 AM - Categories: Resources
