Gateway MX6922b 8511264 - User Guide Gateway Notebook - Page 109

www.gateway.com Setting up your wireless network Help and Support For more information about connecting to your network, click Start, then click Help and Support. Type one of the following keywords in the Help and Support Search box, then click the arrow: • connect to an available network • manually add a wireless network • connecting to wireless network. Connecting to your network After you have named your computer and workgroup and turned on your wireless radio, you need to set up the network connection on your notebook. To connect to your wireless network: 1 Click Start, right-click My Network Places, then click Properties. The Network Connections window opens. 2 Right-click the Wireless Network Connection icon, then click View available wireless networks. The Wireless Network Connection dialog box opens. 3 Click the network you created in the Choose a wireless network list, then click Connect. If you successfully connected to the network, go to "Testing your network" on page 102. If you can see the network name in the Choose a wireless network list but you cannot connect to it, your network is using security. You will need to modify the security settings for the network in your notebook. If your network does not appear in the Choose a wireless network list, your network is not broadcasting its SSID. This is not an error and is one way to add security to your wireless network. You will need to manually add the network to your notebook. 101