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Using Your VAIO Computer
To communicate without an Access Point (ad-hoc)
1
Turn on the WIRELESS (on models with the Bluetooth functionality
*1
) or WIRELESS LAN (on models without the Bluetooth
functionality) switch.
On models with the Bluetooth functionality, double-click
(
/
) on the taskbar to display the Wireless Device Switch
window. Select the Enable 2.4 GHz Wireless LAN check box and click OK.
2
Click Start and then Control Panel.
3
Click Network and Internet Connections.
4
Click Network Connections.
The Network Connections window appears.
5
Right-click Wireless Network Connection, then click Properties.
The Wireless Network Connection Properties window appears.
6
Select the Wireless Networks tab.
7
Click the Add… button.
The Wireless network properties window appears.
8
Enter a Network name (SSID)
*2
.
You can choose a 32-digit alphanumeric name.
9
Select Open from the Network Authentication drop-down box.
10 Select WEP from the Data Encryption drop-down box.
11 Deselect the The key is provided for me automatically option button.
Some information becomes visible.
12 Enter the Network key
*2
.
The network key should be 5 or 13 alphanumeric characters or 10 or 26 hexadecimal
*3
characters long. You can choose
whatever you want.
