Nintendo Switch Support

Internet connection (With a Wireless Connection)

Before you begin

Ensure you have the following two pieces of information to hand.

  • Your home wireless router SSID (the name of your wireless router)
  • The password (encyption key, security key)

Setting up the connection

  1. 1

    Place your Nintendo Switch console approximately 2 to 3 metres from your wireless router. Placing the console too far from the router may prevent it from establishing a connection.

    Place your Nintendo Switch console approximately 2 to 3 metres from your wireless router.

  2. 2

    Press the HOME Button to display the HOME Menu, then select "System Settings".

    Pressing the HOME Button and selecting System Settings from the HOME Menu

  3. 3

    Select "Internet" → "Internet Settings".

    Internet → Internet Settings

  4. 4

    Under "Networks Found", select the SSID of the wireless router you're using.

    *If you can't see the SSID listed, press the Y Button to scan for your wireless router again.

    *If the SSID is shown in grey or doesn't appear at all, see here.

    SSID list screen

  5. 5

    Enter the password for the wireless router and when "Connected" appears, the process is complete.

    Screen showing wireless connection successfully established

*The images on this page depict a Nintendo Switch console and a Joy-Con (L)/(R) as an example.

Wireless Internet is only possible indoors, unless a 5.2 GHz-band data communication system base station or terrestrial mobile relay station is in use.

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