(If you don’t have to install the Orange livebox software, ignore this post…). Click read more to read it.

Just a little post, after spending a long time searching and finding nothing and then finally getting through to Orange support:

If you try and install the Live box installation and it just brings up a help box about firewalls and anti viruses, either give up and call Orange support, or do the following at your own risk

Assuming everything is plugged in correctly -

• Open up your browser (Internet Explorer or FF) and enter: 192.168.1.1 (this connects to the livebox router)
• Login, using username/pass as admin/admin
• Under my services, click internet. Then type in your username (in the form of yourusername.wanadoo.co.uk@fs or whatever – ie everything in your email after the @ and add on @fs) and password
• It should then work…

Setting up a wireless connection to your livebox

Assuming you have a wireless card in your computer, go to start – connect to – wireless connection (or similar, depending on your system. It may be under network connections/control panel/etc. Now go and press the”1″ button on your live box. This enables pairing for the next 10 mins or so. If you don’t do this, you will not be able to connect (and it will try and connect to your livebox for ages but not actually do anything!… Then go back to your pc, hopefully it’ll list the live box. If it does, click connect (if it doesn’t, move closer to the live box or seek other help!), you will need to enter a “WEP” code. This is on the bottom of the livebox so go and type that in. (If you are connected via a patch cable, just go to 192.168.1.1, go to the wireless settings, and copy the WEP key (and put it on a usb stick and put it on your other computer etc) to ensure you have the right code… It should all work.

Hope this helps someone. It isn’t the best write up, but to be honest it is more help than I got from orange support. I called up once saying i just couldn’t connect wirelessly, and he tried to get me to pay for some guy to come out and fix it. All I had to do was press that “1″ button on the back of the livebox.

Leave comments if this has helped you or if you have any other tips for the Livebox.