"code_wrong" <tac@tac.co.uk> wrote in message news:fv9gh4$2up$1@aioe.org...
> Hi all,
> Is there some software out there that will give me a real time progress
> report from the router when it is connecting to the internet?
>
> Windows indicates that it is connecting, and has connected to the router
> with the wifi icon in the tray, but there is no way to tell if the router
> has connected to the ISP yet without launching a web application (like the
> browser for example).
>
> Yes I know this is easy, but I want to end the situation where my confused
> user sees a connection to the router then fails to download a web page
> because the router has not yet connected to the ISP.
>
> This happens first thing when the router and the computer are powered up
> at the same time.

Have the user use common sense and figure it out.