High Speed internet (wired and wireless) available.

Bring your own computer with either a wireless card or an RJ45 cable to connect.

Wired Internet Directions

We have made getting high speed Internet access extremely simple. Just follow these easy steps.

1. Bring a laptop and an RJ-45 (Ethernet) cable with you to the house. The house does not have a computer or spare cables to use. 
2. Find an orange RJ 45 jack (kitchen counter and desk in downstairs bedroom).
3. Plug your laptop into the jack. 
4. Make sure your laptop is setup to get an IP address with DHCP (Most are. To check, go to Using DHCP )
5. Boot up your computer and you're on the Internet!

Wireless Internet Directions

If you don't want to be tied to a jack in the wall, we also provide wireless access to the Internet. To get on the Internet using wireless, just follow these steps:

1. Bring a laptop with wireless capabilities (802.11 b)
2. Click on the "View Available Wireless Networks." You should see the network "HouseRentalHouse" avaiable. This network is set up to use WEP, so you must enter the following key: (you can copy and paste this value into the settings)

Network Key: 515BDE3D7C013D9966E3C70322

The example below is for Windows XP.

Why have we set up a WEP key on the wireless?  This also ensures that only people who should be accessing the internet from the location are the ones accessing the internet.  This keeps the internet connection private and provides a basic level of security to any machines hooked up to the connection by not allowing anyone within range of the wireless device to connect to the network in the house.  All traffic to the internet goes through a firewall that does NAT (network address translation) thus providing a mask to any computers that are online. If you have a personal firewall, we still suggest that you use it to protect your machine.

Disclaimer

Wireless and wired Internet access is provided as a free service that we don't guarantee or support. We can not control the ISP's connectivity, and if we have a hardware failure, we will not be able address it immediately. If you do encounter problems, we will work with you and the ISP to try to get them fixed as quickly as possible, but do not guarantee it will be functioning during your stay. (So far, it has worked flawlessly). 

Using DHCP. 

Go to the properties value of your network settings and choose Internet Protocol. (see red arrow below) (example is for Windows XP).   Hit properties to go to the next window

Make sure the following settings are chosen:

Troubleshooting Tips:

• Check WEP Settings and make sure key is properly installed.
• Check DHCP Settings. Go to Using DHCP 
• Check link light (if ok, cable works and router is up). 
  • If no link light swap cables 
  • Make sure it isn't a cross-connect cable.
• Type Winipcfg (win98) or Ipconfig (win 2000 or XP) to see IP settings.
  • If there is a gateway, you're on the internal network.
    • Ping the gateway IP address. 
    • Ping www.cisco.com. If successful, you're on the Internet.
    • Perhaps the site you're accessing is down. 
  • If there is not a gateway
    • Try getting an IP address again with "Winipcfg /renew" (98), or "ipconfig /renew" (2000 or XP).
    • Double check the cable is plugged in to the orange jack and your machine.
    • Double check the wireless settings.
• If you have any suggestions for Troubleshooting tips please email them to us :