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Launching Network Assistant 1. Be sure that your computer is connected to the Internet. 2. Open Wireless Assistant by clicking the wireless icon in Windows Mobility Center. 3. Click Setup at the bottom of the window to launch Network Assistant. 4. Click Next to begin the router identification process. Network Assistant will check your system, identify the router, and determine whether the router is connected to the Internet. NOTE: Network Assistant supports most commercially available routers. If the router you are using is not listed, you will not be able to use Network Assistant and should use the information provided by your router manufacturer or your ISP to set up your WLAN. If you have not already connected the computer to the router using an Ethernet cable, Network Assistant will prompt you to do that now. 5. If Network Assistant identifies the router, it will prompt you for permission to configure the router. - or - If Network Assistant cannot identify the router, it will prompt you for additional information. Select the manufacturer and model, and then click Next. 10 Chapter 2 Setting up a WLAN (select models only)

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Launching Network Assistant
1.
Be sure that your computer is connected to the Internet.
2.
Open Wireless Assistant by clicking the wireless icon in Windows Mobility Center.
3.
Click
Setup
at the bottom of the window to launch Network Assistant.
4.
Click
Next
to begin the router identification process.
Network Assistant will check your system, identify the router, and determine whether the router is
connected to the Internet.
NOTE:
Network Assistant supports most commercially available routers. If the router you are
using is not listed, you will not be able to use Network Assistant and should use the information
provided by your router manufacturer or your ISP to set up your WLAN.
If you have not already connected the computer to the router using an Ethernet cable, Network
Assistant will prompt you to do that now.
5.
If Network Assistant identifies the router, it will prompt you for permission to configure the router.
– or –
If Network Assistant cannot identify the router, it will prompt you for additional information. Select
the manufacturer and model, and then click
Next
.
10
Chapter 2
Setting up a WLAN (select models only)