Check your network's status

Network Magic continuously checks your network, including its connections, computers, devices, and printers. Quickly and easily, you can get the status information that Network Magic has about your network.

Get basic information about connections

To do this, check the color of the Network Magic icon in the notification area:

Icon color

Connection status

Tray icon color for active Internet connection

Your network's connection to the Internet is working properly.

Tray icon color for no network or Internet connection

The computer where you see this status has no connection, either to your network's router or to the Internet.

Tray icon color for connection to another network

The computer where you see this status is connected to another network. For more information, see If you connect to another network.

 

Learn more about your network's status

You can get more-detailed information about your network. Based on the type of status information you want, do the following:

 

For a look at your entire network ...

View computers, devices, and connections

 

To check the status of various connections ...

View computers, devices, and connections

Check your Internet connection

 

To access shared folders ...

Access shared folders

 

To check the status of shared printers ...

Find printers in your network