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