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2.3. Broadcasting your Internet connection via the Hercules
WiFi Extender
As described in chapter
2. Installing your Hercules WiFi
Extender with your Livebox, thereby allowing you to use your Internet connection with your other computers
and/or game consoles located in places which up until now have not been covered by your WiFi network.
2.3.1. Testing your Internet connection
After having installed your Hercules WiFi Extender, you can carry out a first connection test. For example, you
should verify that you have access to your WiFi network by connecting to it with a laptop computer, located in
another room in your home, within the coverage zone of your WiFi network.
If your Internet connection is working properly:
It is now time for you to learn how to master your WiFi network (please refer to chapter
Manager for advanced
users).
If your Internet connection is not working properly:
Please refer to the section below.
2.3.2. Resolving any difficulties in accessing WiFi Extender
Manager or the Internet
If you have not managed to connect to the WiFi Extender Manager interface or to the Internet, your
computer's settings may not be properly configured. The four methods described below will help you to
resolve this problem.
Method 1: Verify the Windows network connection settings
Note: The access paths mentioned below may vary slightly if you have modified the default display
configuration in Windows XP or Vista (meaning the Start menu properties and Control Panel display).
Extender, you can easily pair your Hercules WiFi
- In the list of networks detected, connect to your
WiFi network.
- Launch an Internet browser (Internet Explorer,
Netscape Navigator or Mozilla Firefox) on your
computer.
- Enter the address www.hercules.com.
The Hercules website's home page should be
displayed.
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