Sony VGC-V617G VAIO User Guide - Page 70

Network name SSID

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nN 70 Using Your VAIO Computer 7 Click the Add... button. The Wireless network properties window appears. 8 Enter a Network name (SSID)*1. You can choose a 32-digit alphanumeric name. 9 Select Open from the Network Authentication drop-down box. 10 Select WEP from the Data Encryption drop-down box. 11 Deselect the The key is provided for me automatically option button. Some information becomes visible. 12 Enter the Network key*1. The network key should be 5 or 13 alphanumeric characters or 10 or 26 hexadecimal*2 characters long. You can choose whatever you want. 13 Enter exactly the same Network key again, for confirmation. 14 Select the check box This is a computer-to-computer (ad hoc) network; wireless access points are not used at the bottom of the screen. 15 Click OK. Your Network name appears in the Preferred networks. 16 Click Advanced. The Advanced window appears. 17 Select the Computer-to-computer (ad hoc) networks only option button. 18 Click Close. 19 Click OK. Your computer is ready to communicate with another computer.

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Using Your VAIO Computer
7
Click the
Add…
button.
The
Wireless network properties
window appears.
8
Enter a
Network name (SSID)
*1
.
You can choose a
32-digit
alphanumeric name.
9
Select
Open
from the
Network Authentication
drop-down box.
10
Select
WEP
from the
Data Encryption
drop-down box.
11
Deselect the
The key is provided for me automatically
option button.
Some information becomes visible.
12
Enter the
Network key
*1
.
The network key should be
5 or 13 alphanumeric characters
or
10 or 26 hexadecimal
*2
characters
long. You can choose
whatever you want.
13
Enter exactly the same
Network key
again, for confirmation.
14
Select the check box
This is a computer-to-computer (ad hoc) network; wireless access points are not used
at the
bottom of the screen.
15
Click
OK
.
Your
Network name
appears in the
Preferred networks
.
16
Click
Advanced
.
The
Advanced
window appears.
17
Select the
Computer-to-computer (ad hoc) networks only
option button.
18
Click
Close
.
19
Click
OK
.
Your computer is ready to communicate with another computer.