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8
Select the
Network Authentication (Shared mode)
check box.
9
Clear the
The key is provided for me automatically
check box.
Some information becomes visible.
10
Fill in the
Network key*
.
The network key should be
5
or
13
ASCII characters or
10
or
26
hexadecimal characters long.
11
Fill in exactly the same
Network key
again, for confirmation.
12
Click
OK
.
Your
Network name (SSID)
appears in the
Preferred networks
box.
13
Click
Advanced
.
The
Advanced
dialog box appears.
14
Select the
Computer-to-computer (ad hoc) networks only
check box.
15
Click
Close
.
16
Click
OK
.
Your computer is ready to communicate with another computer.
* If you want to communicate between two or more computers, you need to configure all these computers in exactly the same way.
This means that you need to enter the same
Network name (SSID)
and the same
Network key
on all computers as on the first
computer you configure.
**
ASCII
: The basis of character sets used in almost all present-day computers. ASCII is a code for representing English characters as
numbers, with each letter assigned a number from 0 to 127.
Hexadecimal
: A number representation using the digits 0-9, with their usual meaning, plus the letters A-F (or a-f) to represent
hexadecimal digits with values of (decimal) 10 to 15.
✍
In France, only certains channels are legally allowed when using WLAN.
For more information, see the Wireless LAN Regulations leaflet.
