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6
Click
Next
.
The
Edit Configuration
dialog box appears.
7
In the
Identify your network
area, enter your network name in the
Network Name
text box and
choose a channel you want to use for wireless communications in the
Channel Number
drop-down list.
8
Click
Next
.
9
If you want to set up an encryption key so only those who know the key can access the network, then
select the
Enable Data Security
check box in the
Set Security
area, select either alphanumeric
characters or hexadecimal (depending on your encryption key), and type a five digit key.
10
Click
Next
.
11
In the
TCP/IP Behavior
area, select the
Renew IP Address when selecting this profile
check box.
12
Click
Finish
.
13
Click
OK
in the
Add/Edit Configuration Profile
dialog box.
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
and the same
Network key
on all computers as on the first computer you configure.
In France and in the Netherlands, only a few channels can be used:
- France: only channels 10, 11 (indoor as well as outdoor).
- the Netherlands: channels 9, 10, 11 (only outdoor). Indoor all channels can be used.
This means that you need to change channels if you are in one of these countries.
In a peer-to-peer group, each computer will automatically adopt the channel of the workgroup. If your computer is the first station to start the
workgroup, it will use the channel selected in the active profile.
Select peer-to-peer on all computers to establish the wireless LAN network.
The network key is data used to protect signals passing through a wireless LAN. It is also called an encryption key.
