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Using your VAIO computer
Hardware Guide
8
Select
WEP
from the
Data Encryption
drop-down box.
9
Deselect the
The key is provided for me automatically
option button.
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. You can choose whatever you
want**.
11
Fill in exactly the same
Network key
again, for confirmation.
12
Select the checkbox
This is a computer to computer (ad hoc) network; wireless access points are not used
at the bottom
of the screen.
13
Click
OK
.
Your
Network name
appears in the
Preferred networks
.
14
Click
Advanced
.
The
Advanced
dialog box appears.
15
Select the
Computer-to-computer (ad hoc) networks only
option button.
16
Click
Close
.
17
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 the exact same way.
This means that you need to enter the same
Network name
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 certain channels are legally allowed when using WLAN outdoors.
For more information, see the
Wireless LAN Regulations
leaflet.
An ad-hoc network does not support WPA.
