Telephone

The telephone socket is situated in the lounge on the right of the bay window on the same wall as the radiator. The telephone socket situated in bedroom 3 under the right hand window on the same wall as the radiator is not currently connected to BT, although does function.

Sky
The sky box is connected to the BT phone line (as described in the telephone section) and the sky satellite dish, located on the back of the house. It is connected to the BT socket via an extension cable running along the picture rail and to the satellite dish via a cable running along the skirting board and through a hole by the dining room French windows.

Wireless internet connection
The house comes with a wireless internet connection, supplied through the BT telephone socket by BT broadband. The box transmitting the wireless connection is situated on the dining room shelves and connected to the same BT extension socket as the sky box. The box keeps a constant connection to the internet, so you do not need to manually connect to a connection on your computer. Your computer may need an adaptor to ‘talk' to the box, although newer computers come with this adaptor built in. Newer computers with an in-built adaptor or an adaptor inserted will recognise that the connection exists, and inform you whilst configuring themselves to use it. For older computers, you may need to ask your usual IT support contact how you should best configure your computer to use the wireless connection.

Should the box fail to make a connection, turn it off at the back and then back on again. The box will automatically reconnect to the internet and you will see the green lights flash to confirm this. The wireless connectivity should be available throughout the house and in the back garden, although the availability is not guaranteed this far from the box. You can also plug your computer in to the box using a USB cable for a wired connection.

The box is automatically configured with a firewall and has other settings to make it secure, so other nearby computers cannot use the connection and have access to computers using the connection. Although these settings exist, it is still your personal responsibility to make sure your own computer is protected against intrusion and the landlords take no responsibility for any personal data loss or damage through using this connection. You will need to collect access information to use the connection from the landlords.