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Using Your VAIO Computer
To communicate without an Access Point (ad-hoc)
1
Turn on the
WIRELESS
or
WIRELESS LAN
switch.
The WIRELESS LAN indicator lights up.
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.
13
Enter exactly the same Network key again, for confirmation.
