Note If the Manually connect to a wireless network option is not present in the Choose a connection option dialog box, make sure that your wireless network adapter appears in the Network Connections folder as a wireless connection and is enabled. If your wireless network adapter appears in the Network Connections folder as a wired connection, ensure that you have installed the latest driver for your adapter that is designed for Windows Vista.
On the Enter information for the wireless network you want to add page, configure the following:
•Network name Type the name of the wireless network.
•Security type Select the method used to authenticate a connection to the wireless network. The choices are the following:
•No authentication (Open) Open system authentication with no encryption.
•WEP Open system authentication with Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP).
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•802.1x IEEE 802.1X authentication with WEP (also known as dynamic WEP).
The choices listed depend on the capabilities of your wireless network adapter that are reported to Windows.
The shared key authentication method is not listed. Microsoft strongly
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