Setting up your wireless network
www.gateway.com
101
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 notebook.
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 102
.
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 notebook.
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 notebook.
Summary of Contents for MX6211b
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Page 9: ...CHAPTER 1 1 GettingHelp Gateway Web site Help and Support BigFix Online help...
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Page 104: ...CHAPTER 8 Managing Power www gateway com 96...
Page 116: ...CHAPTER 9 Wireless Networking www gateway com 108...
Page 138: ...CHAPTER 11 Customizing Your notebook www gateway com 130...
Page 155: ...CHAPTER 14 147 Troubleshooting Safety guidelines First steps Troubleshooting Telephone support...
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