Sony
Notebook U
s
er Guide
Using your notebook
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Communicating with an Access Point (infrastructure)
An infrastructure network is a network that extends an existing wired local network to wireless devices by
providing an Access Point, for example the
Sony PCWA-A220 Access Point
. The Access Point bridges the
wireless and wired LAN and acts as a central controller for the Wireless LAN. The Access Point coordinates
transmission and reception from multiple wireless devices within a specific range.
To communicate with an Access Point (infrastructure), proceed as follows:
1
Turn on the
Wireless switch
(1) on the left front side of the computer
.
The
Switch wireless devices
dialog box appears.
2
Select
Wireless LAN
and click
OK
.
The
Wireless Switcher
button changes into Wireless LAN and the WLAN indicator (2) turns green.
3
Right-click the network icon
in the taskbar displaying the
Wireless Network Connection
message.
4
Click
View Available Wireless Networks
.
The
Wireless Network
Connection
dialog box appears.
5
Select the network you want to use.