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Wireless LAN
To check the wireless LAN network status
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Place the cursor over the Wireless Switch Utility icon (
or
) on the notification area.
A tooltip appears.
NOTE
The Wireless Switch Utility icons (
and
) indicate the on/off status of wireless communication, not the
IEEE802.11a setting.
If the setting is changed in [Device Manager], the display will be changed accordingly.
Perform either of the following procedures to check the status in Intel
®
PROSet/Wireless Software.
• Double-click ,
or
on the notification area.
• Click [start] - [All Programs] - [Intel PROSet Wireless] - [Intel PROSet Wireless].
To communicate between two computers using the wireless LAN and without using an access point, make the following
settings on each computer.
Set the network to be accessed as [Device to device (Ad hoc)].
Set the network names to the same name.
Set the network authentication to the same authentication.
When using encryption, set the same encryption and the same network key on both computers.
Exchanging Data between Computers Using the Wireless LAN
