How to connect your Wii to an Orange Livebox

Posted on December 8th, 2006 at 4:57 pm

If you’re one of the lucky people to own a Nintendo Wii and have Orange Broadband, formerly Wanadoo, with a Livebox and have had problems getting online using Nintendo Wi-Fi then these tips may help.

First, you have to log on to your Livebox admin control panel using your PC. You can do this by using this URL in your internet brower: http://configuration.adsl/index2.html
When promted for your username and password use ‘admin’ and ‘admin’ if you can’t remember ever changing it before. Make a note of your Livebox name. Mine is WANADOO-B7E8.

Now go to Security -> Firewall and turn the setting to Low (disabled) and press ‘submit’. As long as you have a firewall on your PC then it’ll still be safe.

UPDATE: I no longer think you need to do this last step. The default MEDIUM position should be fine.

Then go to Configuration -> Advanced -> Wireless and make sure your setting is ‘WEP security only’. ‘WEP and WPA’ may also work but unless you’re running a WPA encrytped device it’s unnecessary.

Now go to Security -> WEP Connection and make a note of your WEP Security Key. Keep the letter in CAPS as they wont work otherwise. It should be 26 characters long.

Turn on your Wii and go to the Wii Options (bottom left) then select ‘Wii Settings’. Now select ‘Internet’ and then ‘Connection Settings’. Select ‘Connection 1′ and then ‘Wireless Connection’.

Select ‘Search for an Access Point’. The Wii Now looks around for all the signals it can find. Press ‘OK’ and choose the one that matches the Livebox name we wrote down earlier. Move your Wii pointer over the password area and using the virtual Wii keyboard type in your WEP Security Key you found earlier. Press CAPS to make it easier, the number is in Hex so all the characters will be from 0 to 9 or A to F, no ‘I’s or ‘O’s please. *Do next step before anything else.

Go to your actual Livebox itself and look for two little black buttons in a small panel at the back. Press ’1′, the one on the left. You now have 10 minutes in which to connect your Wii.

Back at the Wii hit ‘Yes’, then ‘OK’, then ‘OK’, then ‘OK’ again. The Wii will now test the connection. Hopefully after 30 seconds you’ll get a ‘The connection test was successful’ message. Well done!

You can now decide whether to perfom a Wii system update, I’d select ‘Yes’ if I were you. The Wii will then spend the next few minutes downloading the latest firmware. Now if you ever use a Wii service that needs the use of the Internet it will automatically connect. There’s no need to ever change any wi-fi settings again!

* Note, this site is not responsible for your Wii if anything were to go wrong with it by following the instructions here.

So, I hope that was of use to people out there. I’ve probably saved you a few hours of frustration or calls to Nintendo or Orange so feel free to send me a bit of cash using this nice little PayPal donate button here if you’re feeling generous or browse the online game stores featured above. Thanks! And have fun!


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174 comments so far.

  • Billy says:
    December 8, 2006 at 11:50 pm

    Thanks so much for your help with the Wii connection! Why on earth Nintendo and Orange can’t provide this kind of help is beyond me! Thanks again!

  • Jonny says:
    December 10, 2006 at 2:16 am

    I’d send a paypal donation but I’m broke after buying my Wii (with only Sports and Play for now). Lots of love anyway!!! I had no idea about that silly button. Now I know why I’ve always had problems before. ^_^

  • KingOfMyCastle says:
    December 10, 2006 at 12:28 pm

    Hey, no problems. I understand. It’s purely voluntary.

    Glad I got you online. Enjoy your Wii!!

  • Stan says:
    December 10, 2006 at 1:24 pm

    Hi Mate,

    I got my new Nintendo Wii on friday morning and have had great fun with it (although my body is a bit sore now! lol

    I also took delivery of and set up my Orange Livebox on the same day.
    Unfortunately I have tried with out success to connect my Wii to the internet. Every time I put in the Livebox Wep key I get ‘Error Code: 51330 – Unable to connect to the internet. Chose Internet settingings and then confirm your connection’. I have tried this upteen times since friday with no luck. Don’t suppose you have any ideas? I’d willingly make a paypal donation if you could solve my problem! :-)

    Hope to hear from you soon.

    Stan

  • KingOfMyCastle says:
    December 10, 2006 at 4:28 pm

    Hmm, you’ll have to start eliminating possibilities. Have you managed to get use the wi-fi on your Livebox with another device? Borrow a neighbours’ laptop if possible and see if you can log on using your WEP key.

    Also double check your Livebox firewall is turned off. Go to Security/Wireless Connection and check that that you have it broadcasting on channel 1 and Enable Wireless LAN is checked. Try channel 11 if you want.

    Go to Configuration/Update and check that the version is not less than v5.06.2-uk. You may just have to wait for firmware updates if so.

    There’s also the possibility that Nintendo’s own services are down. Try writing the WEP key down again (in HEX CAPS) and give it one more go later – remember to press the correct button (1) on the Livebox. It may just work.

    Good luck!

  • Chris says:
    December 17, 2006 at 10:36 pm

    Hi, I really appreciate these intstructions. However, for some reason this has left my laptop (and another networked PC) in a state of some confusion! The connection keeps dropping – not just dropping, but apparently ceasing to exist. The only thing that makes it come back (instantly) is re-entering the WEP key in the connection properties. Do you know what this could mean? Thanks for any help you can offer.

  • NT says:
    December 18, 2006 at 2:22 am

    Hi, I think I got further by applying the above, but now I get the error 52030. Any help on this?

  • KingOfMyCastle says:
    December 18, 2006 at 10:35 am

    Chris: I think you’ll have to give each device it’s own IP address. See the link below.

    NT: Here’s some help on dealing with 52000 – 52999 errors:

    http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/wii/en_na/errors/52000-52099.jsp

  • littledib says:
    December 26, 2006 at 12:25 pm

    thanks for your help. it helped a hell of a lot. lol

  • Oli says:
    December 26, 2006 at 10:11 pm

    Where do I enter my wep key from the router on my Wii.

    A direct like walk through would be great.

    I.e Wii settings > internet > etc > etc > etc…

  • KingOfMyCastle says:
    December 27, 2006 at 1:39 pm

    Yeah, I should write a whole post about that ;)

  • Adam says:
    January 5, 2007 at 12:38 am

    Right, I followed all thesteps, got a 52030 error. I followed the link you gave and now I got a 51230 Error. Any help?

  • Adam says:
    January 5, 2007 at 8:15 am

    Er, nevermind that last pos; I figured it out; but now I reiceve a error 32002, whch is apparantly not enough space. I’ve only played Wii sports and that surely can’t contain that much space, right?

  • KingOfMyCastle says:
    January 5, 2007 at 10:49 am

    Hmm, thats strange. Have a look at this site and tell me if it solves your problem:

    http://www.wiierror.com/wii-error-32002.php

    Good luck!

  • Adam says:
    January 5, 2007 at 6:12 pm

    Woo, changing the MTU t 1500 hundred worked, thanks.
    It’s updating now; here’s to good luck.

  • Adam... again says:
    January 5, 2007 at 8:45 pm

    RIght, updated once. Came up with System Update. Got stuck halfway through, read about it and restarted the Wii console. Now it isn’t finding the access point.
    Error 51030.

  • SimZZZZ says:
    January 27, 2007 at 4:21 pm

    Nice 1 for this guide. much appreciated

    I followed it through but kept getting error 51330, what I did was manually look for devices on the Wii and change the Wii settings to WEP only and it worked fine.updating the Wii now as I type this.

    Cheers.

  • Aeris says:
    February 16, 2007 at 6:14 pm

    HiYa =-) I finally got my wii online with orange but my DS still wont connect with my livebox, when I go online with my DS it asks for a WEP Key and when I do enter it from my livebox it wont accept it. Any ideas? Thanks =-D

  • TheJJBear says:
    February 18, 2007 at 11:19 am

    Hey Thanks very much for this great advice.
    Got my WII and followed the instructions,everything worked perfectly UNTIL i updated the wii then it would not connect lots of differrent error messages like Error 51030.
    So i deleted my connection from the wii and repeated the above process again now works perfect and the DS connects to the live box no problem as well.
    Orange should print this information as a help sheet that comes with the box and nintendo.

    Cheers and all the best theJJBear.

  • Mivanp says:
    February 26, 2007 at 4:42 pm

    Thank u for this info id nearly give up like the other fella said y dont ornage hav this info at hand save me alot of time and effort cheers again matty

  • Debs says:
    March 8, 2007 at 3:05 pm

    Hi – Thanks so much for this information – glad I found this just in time – I was about to give up !! THANKS AGAIN – Debs

  • KENZ says:
    March 27, 2007 at 12:27 am

    Spent all sunday evening trying to get it to work..Found your site the following day and it took me 30mins..

    The magic button did the trick..and my 360 still works too..

    WII’s are fun but the 360 rules..PS3 does nothing for me

  • Graham says:
    April 9, 2007 at 5:37 pm

    The Wii will work with the orange Inventel Livebox using WPA security.

    On the livebox config screen http://configuration.adsl/index2.html

    under security wireless conection make a note of the WEP key

    then under configuration advanced wireless select WPA security, note paring time long enough to get from PC to Wii (say 60mins – can be reduced later once connected)and note down the Livebox Name.

    Under system information make a note of the primary and secondary DNS (under ADSN section).

    Press Button 1 on the Livebox (near USB master socket)

    You now have 60mins to set up your Wii where you need the following settings

    WPA-PSM(TKIP), Auto-Obtain IP Adress-Yes, Auto-Obtain DNS – No

    Enter Primary and secondary DNS obtained before

    Note this final step may need to be redone if the Livebox is switched off (at the mains) or if subjected to an orange update (to be confirmed).

  • Dawn says:
    April 24, 2007 at 7:10 am

    Hey there this seems some good advice and i will be putting it into effect as soon as ive dropped the kids of at school. i neither can connect the wii so this will help loads.
    What i wouldnt mind though is … is there any help for connecting the nintendo ds?? im the same as aeris on this one, it just wont accept it. thought i could kill two birds with 1 stone so to speak. ;)
    Ans kingofmycastle, u r a genius…..thank you

  • KingOfMyCastle says:
    April 24, 2007 at 7:26 am

    Hi! I have full instructions on how to pair up your Nintendo DS to the Orange Livebox here:

    http://www.kingofmycastle.com/2006/06/19/configure-your-nintendo-ds-with-your-orange-livebox/

  • Mitchell Edwards says:
    May 10, 2007 at 5:50 pm

    This website is the best along with Bramley Apple for livebox issues. Thanks guys. :D

  • Tim says:
    May 27, 2007 at 2:25 pm

    Graham, I can’t connect with WPA security! I followed those steps, typed in DNS etc, but it can’t connect to the internet. Is there a way to connect just finding my WPA password (which incidentally I cannot find).

  • Oli says:
    June 1, 2007 at 5:13 pm

    Cheers mate, i didnt realise u needed to press that stupid pairing button, thanks alot

  • dagan says:
    June 5, 2007 at 7:14 am

    hi there King, ive tried what you suggested with the wep security, however if i select this then my laptop will no longer connect to the network, it says limited or no connectivity. obviously i dont want to have to change livebox settings every time when alternating between wii and laptop, any ideas on how this can be solved??

  • Tim says:
    June 5, 2007 at 3:06 pm

    Dagan, I had the same problem but solved it. The way to do it is to follow Graham’s steps- that way you have WAP security on your livebox, can connect to your wii and your internet connection should also be absolutely fine. Give it a shot, should work.

  • dagan says:
    June 5, 2007 at 8:56 pm

    hi there, tks Tim just got home from work and tried it and it worked straight away and laptop still up and running hence posting this, tks to graham for posting and tks to the king himself for his constant hard work, best site ive come accross yet.

    Message to the King, i will gladly donate a handsome sum of money to your paypal account or send you some jd or champagne to an address ( i work in a wine store)whichever you prefer, if you could help me set up my ps 2 to the orange live box and my new spv m3100 contract phone wi fi connection. my ps 2 has never worked wirelessly and the spv i have being trying things and reading forums for 3 days straight so really need some help.

    thanks again to all that helped me set up the wii, time to go play some bowling against my mate in the states….

  • nick says:
    June 10, 2007 at 1:43 am

    thankyou so much! you lovely lovely person!!!!

  • paddy says:
    June 28, 2007 at 12:31 am

    u absolute legend!!!

    seriously ….. big time king!

  • Dave says:
    July 7, 2007 at 11:07 pm

    Cheers mate,

    we had loads of trouble setting our laptop up on the livebox and when the wii didn’t connect straight away i started to curse the livebox!!! (again)

    But…

    your instructions are easy enough that even i can do them…

    i read one of the previous comments about nintendo and orange not providing this info – surely it would cut there call centre calls no end.

    much thanks

    dave

  • simon says:
    July 22, 2007 at 11:36 am

    You are a legend – thank you for this help. I would donate but words are better than money aren’t they? Right? Right???

    Thanks

  • Punisher 36O says:
    July 31, 2007 at 1:09 pm

    thanks alot friend, there aint enough ppl in the world like u dude
    good gaming :D

  • Scott says:
    August 5, 2007 at 7:19 pm

    hello, thank you for helping me! its taken me ages to set it up and now you have told me :D byee

  • Wiinternet says:
    August 22, 2007 at 6:59 pm

    You are an actual living legend! thank you!

  • Gary says:
    August 28, 2007 at 11:32 am

    I FREAKIN LOVE YOU.

    Stupid Orange and Nintendo ‘HELP’ centres.

    I can’t believe how easy this was, i spent hours trying to connect.

  • xxsajxx says:
    September 2, 2007 at 12:43 pm

    hi thanx a lot. u have saved me a lot of trouble. i would have given you a little donation but i cant as i am broke after buying this. anyway thanx again.

  • Toby says:
    September 9, 2007 at 6:02 pm

    Just wanted to say thank you, spent ages farting about with my livebox settings but had forgot to hit the button on the box itself!

    If only I had googled and found your page first!

  • Danny says:
    September 16, 2007 at 7:20 pm

    You are amzing. Pure Ledge! LOL i can play strikers online now !!!!

  • Jodie says:
    September 19, 2007 at 8:51 am

    Hi there. Am a single mum with four boys, and am desperate to get there wii on internet for them, but constantly for four days now getting the error code, 52030? Could you help? In Easy to follow terms, would gladly donate something if you can get our wii up and running on internet!!! Thanks, ps have tried various sites and all too confusing to follow!!

  • Melv says:
    September 24, 2007 at 9:21 am

    Nice one. Was beginning to get a bit stressed as I couldn’t figure out what to do (ex IT support as well!!)
    Your tips above did the job.

    Thanks

  • Ru says:
    September 29, 2007 at 3:20 pm

    Thanks for your help mate. By the way, setting up my wii did not work at first using WEP key. I tried by WEP key password for a diffrent security key setting and for ome reason it worked! So like me if you got a wierd error code just try the password for different security keys…

  • mark says:
    October 2, 2007 at 6:00 pm

    thanks very much!both this and “how to connect your ds” where very helpful to me!thanks alot for taking the time to do these guides

  • Belly says:
    October 29, 2007 at 11:29 pm

    I have followed your instructions and managed to get my Wii connected to the orange livebox. I then opted to update but after about 20 mins the progress bar stopped moving. It stayed the same for another 20 minutes then the Wii just froze. None of the handsets worked, and I couldn’t even turn it off! I resorted to unplugging the Wii, just to return my TV to normal usage. Now the Wii will not turn on. What have I done and how can I fix it? I’ve tried the reset button but nothing happens. It is as if the Wii has just died!. Help!!
    Thanks

  • jinkzz says:
    October 30, 2007 at 11:36 am

    god bless your soul .living ledge

  • Anna says:
    November 8, 2007 at 1:16 am

    Thanks a lot. Great easy to follow advice. Keep it up.

    xxxx

  • Mo says:
    November 16, 2007 at 5:35 pm

    Thank you very much took me bout 3 days and i still couldnt figure it out.. :)

    This was very helpful as the orange livebox has so many problems.. i needed a guide to connect it to my psp, and my Wii it’s pretty annoying.

    tyvm.

    #Mo…

  • Arthur says:
    December 2, 2007 at 7:46 pm

    U R A LEGEND I LOVE YOU! =D

  • Arthur says:
    December 2, 2007 at 7:50 pm

    and o ye orange suck compared 2 u! they were so unhelpful about it, Nintendo 2!

  • Ben says:
    December 2, 2007 at 8:12 pm

    Fantastic!!!! you have no idea how many hours i wasted tryin to do this myself!
    Massive help!
    THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Craig says:
    December 5, 2007 at 10:05 pm

    Your a genius!! Followed it word for word and it worked! In fact it was the same way i had to set up the MacOSX. Would donate if i was on Paypal but unfortunately not.
    thanks again ur a legend!!!!!!

  • Richard says:
    December 7, 2007 at 8:27 pm

    Nice one.

  • Matt says:
    December 15, 2007 at 9:25 pm

    Thanks alot mate i am now connected.

  • Tom says:
    December 23, 2007 at 8:58 pm

    Thank you SO MUCH for the info! Was tearing out my hair ’til I read this, and now everything’s sorted!

  • Sean says:
    December 28, 2007 at 8:45 pm

    Many thanks for your helpful walkthrough. I second the comments on why Orange and Nintendo cannot produce simple and clear instructions.
    You have saved my bacon, not to mention my pride in front of the family – “how difficult can it be Dad!”

    Cheers

  • james says:
    December 29, 2007 at 11:12 am

    Thanks a bunch mate. That was great advice… Something so easy is a nightmare if you don’t know what you are doing… Thanks again….

  • Mike says:
    December 30, 2007 at 5:35 pm

    Used the WEP settings and the wii worked fine but my wireless laptop now wont connect to the livebox. Do i just follow the instructions given by Graham (No 23) ??

    Thanks

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