Check the status of your wireless connection - Windows XP

To check the status of your wireless network connection with the Sky wireless router, follow the steps below.

  1. From your desktop, click on Start and select Control Panel.

  2. From the Control Panel window, select Network and Internet Connections.

  3. Select the Network Connections icon.

  4. In the Network Connections window, look for the Wireless Connection icon.

  5. If the Wireless Connection icon has a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark (!) in the screen above, follow steps 6 to 18 to manually configure your IP settings.

    If the Wireless Connection icon does not have either a red cross or yellow triangle, but you are still experiencing wireless connection problems, check your web browser's connection settings.

  6. To manually configure your IP settings, right-click on the Wireless Connection icon, then click on Properties at the bottom of the menu.

  7. In the Wireless Network Connection Properties window, scroll down in the window 'This connection uses the following items' until you see Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). Click this once, then select Properties.

  8. In the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window:

    • Select Use the following IP address
    • Set the IP address to: 192.168.0.X (where X must be a number of your choice between 2 and 254 and should be unique for each PC connecting to the Sky wireless router)
    • Set the Subnet Mask to 255.255.255.0
    • Set the Default gateway as 192.168.0.1
    • Select Use the following DNS server addresses
    • Set the Preferred DNS server to 192.168.0.1
    • Leave the Alternate DNS server blank
    • Once completed, the details should look similar to the image below. Click OK.

  9. Click OK again on the Wireless Network Connection Properties window.

  10. Restart your computer and open a web browser to check if you can now browse the web using your broadband service.