How do you check when you are online or connected to the internet. When checking if you’re online you need to perform two steps:

1. Pinging a Website
2. Accessing a Website

Pinging a Website

To check the computer’s connection to the Internet, ensure that you are getting valid replies when you perform a ping test. Please follow the steps below on how to ping a website.

Step 1:
Click the Pearl button located at the bottom left corner of the screen and on the Start Search type “command prompt”, then press [Enter].

Step 2:
When the Command Prompt appears, type “ping linksys.com” then press [Enter].

Step 3:
See if you’re getting 4 replies, Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss).

NOTE: If you are not getting replies when trying to ping the router, you need to check the computer’s IP address. For instructions, click here.

Accessing a Website

After the router has been configured properly, check your Internet Explorer to see if it is working correctly. To check if the Internet connection is running, open a web browser such as Internet Explorer and go to http://www.linksys.com