3Com 3CRDAG675B Quick Start Guide - Page 12

1 Installing Your Wireless LAN Product and Wireless LAN Manager Creating New Connections To make a Wireless LAN connection, click the Create New Connection button from the 3Com Launcher application. This will bring up the "New Connection" window. The new connection window will show a list of all the Wireless LAN connections that are available, and the type of network they are. "Access Point" networks are those with a device (Access Point) that you can use to connect to a standard network. "Ad Hoc" networks are for allowing direct connections between two or more computers with Wireless LAN adapters. They are useful if no Access Points are available. If you see an Access Point connection with the network name "", then the Access Point is choosing to not broadcast its SSID (network name). In this case, you must know the name of the network before you can connect to it. To create an Ad Hoc network, click the New Ad Hoc button. If your network is currently not visible, click the New Access Point button to manually create the network. After you have selected the network you want to connect to, click the Connect or Advanced Connection Settings button. The Connect button will ask you for the minimum amount of information you need to make a connection. 8