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Configuring the Laptop for Ad Hoc Networking
This procedure assumes you are using Windows XP Professional.
For additional information on configuring your laptop for an ad hoc connection, select
Start > Help and Support > Networking and the Web > Networking > Wireless
networking > 802.1x wireless networking > Set up automatic wireless network
configuration or use the search utility to find Set up automatic wireless network
configuration.
1. From your laptop, select Start > Settings > Network Connections.
2. Right-click Wireless Network Connection, and select Properties.
3. Click the Wireless Networks tab.
Note that the Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings must be
selected.
4. Click the Add button in the Preferred networks panel.
5. Supply an SSID (user-defined) in the Network name (SSID) field.
6. Set Network Authentication to Open.
7. Set Data encryption to one of the following options:
• WEP - Indicates a network key is used to encrypt your data while it is
transmitted over the network. Note that if you enable WEP, you also must
enable it on your player. See Enabling WEP on your player
for more
information.
• Disabled - Indicates your data is not encrypted while it is transmitted over
the network.
8. Select This is a computer-to-computer (ad hoc) network; wireless access
points are not used.
9. Click OK to exit the Wireless network properties dialog and save your changes.
Note that the newly added ad hoc network must be the top-most ad hoc network
in the Preferred networks panel.
Configuring the Laptop to use the new Ad Hoc Network:
1. Click the Advanced button on the Wireless Network Connection Properties
dialog.
2. Select Computer-to-computer (ad hoc) networks only.
3. Click Close to exit the Advanced dialog.
4. Click OK to exit the Wireless Network Connections Properties dialog and save
your changes.
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