Gateway LT 1000, User Manual

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Chapter 1: Wireless Networking www.gateway.com
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Click OK to close the Computer Name Changes dialog box.
Connecting to your network
Help and Support
For more information about connecting
to your network, click Start, then click
Help and Support. Type one of the
following keywords in the Help and
Support Search box, then click the
arrow:
• connect to an available network
• manually add a wireless
network
• connecting to wireless network
.
After you have named your computer and workgroup and turned on your wireless
radio, you need to set up the network connection on your computer.
To connect to your wireless network:
1
Click Start , right-click My Network Places , then click Properties . The
Network Connections window opens.
2
Right-click the Wireless Network Connection icon, then click View
available wireless networks . The Wireless Network Connection dialog box
opens.
3
Click the network you created in the Choose a wireless network list, then
click Connect . If you successfully connected to the network, go to “Testing
your network” on page 38 .
If you can see the network name in the Choose a wireless network list but
you cannot connect to it, your network is using security. You will need to
modify the security settings for the network in your computer.
If your network does not appear in the Choose a wireless network list, your
network is not broadcasting its SSID. This is not an error and is one way to
add security to your wireless network. You will need to manually add the
network to your computer.
Testing your network
Now that your home network is set up, log onto your computer and access a
favorite Internet Web site. If you are unable to connect to the Internet: