Sony VGN-S460P VAIO User Guide - Page 60
To communicate without an Access Point ad-hoc
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nN 60 Using Your VAIO Computer To communicate without an Access Point (ad-hoc) 1 Turn on the WIRELESS (on models with the Bluetooth functionality*1) or WIRELESS LAN (on models without the Bluetooth functionality) switch. On models with the Bluetooth functionality, double-click ( / ) on the taskbar to display the Wireless Device Switch window. Select the Enable 2.4 GHz Wireless LAN check box and click OK. 2 Click Start and then Control Panel. 3 Click Network and Internet Connections. 4 Click Network Connections. The Network Connections window appears. 5 Right-click Wireless Network Connection, then click Properties. The Wireless Network Connection Properties window appears. 6 Select the Wireless Networks tab. 7 Click the Add... button. The Wireless network properties window appears. 8 Enter a Network name (SSID)*2. 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*2. The network key should be 5 or 13 alphanumeric characters or 10 or 26 hexadecimal*3 characters long. You can choose whatever you want.