Operation Manual
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Communicating with Other Computers
This section describes how to communicate between wireless computers with built-in
wireless LAN or a wireless LAN card installed.
To enable wireless communication between the computers;
•
Assign IP address and subnet mask for each computer.
•
Set the communication mode to ad hoc.
•
Give the same network name (SSID) to each computer.
•
Set the encryption key (WEP key).
TKIP and AES cannot be utilized in ad-hoc mode.
1.
Confirm the antenna indicator ( ) is on.
2.
Right-click the
Wireless Network Connection
icon ( , , or ) on the
taskbar. If you cannot find the icon click to show all kinds of icons.
3.
Select
View Available Wireless Networks
.
4.
Click
Change advanced settings
of the
Related Tasks
field.
5.
Select
Wireless Network Connection
; then, click
Change settings of this
connection
of
Network Tasks
.
6.
Double-click
Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
in
This connection uses the following
items.
7.
In the
Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties
dialog box, select
Use the following
IP address
and set the
IP address
to
192.168.1.2
through
192.168.1.254
and the
Subnet mask
to
255.255.255.0
; then, click
OK.
•
The IP address of each computer should be unique.
•
The same subnet mask should be set to all computers.
•
The
Default gateway
can be blank.
8.
Click the
Wireless Networks
tab; then, the
Advanced
button in the lower right of
the dialog box. The
Advanced
dialog box appears.
9.
Select
Computer-to-computer (ad hoc) networks only
; then, click the
Close
button.
10.
Click the
Add…
button in
Preferred networks
of the
Wireless Network
Connection Properties
dialog box.
11.
Type a name of the network in the
Network name (SSID)
field of the
Wireless
Network Properties
dialog box.
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