CHAPTER 7: Wireless Networking

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Setting up your notebook

Important

Each computer on your network needs a unique Computer Name. All the computers on your network need the same Workgroup Name. You may have already named your computer and workgroup the first time you turned on your notebook.

Naming your computers and workgroupTo identify this computer on the network:

1Click Start, right-click My Computer, then click Properties. The System Properties dialog box opens.

2Click Computer Name.

3Click Change. The Computer Name Changes dialog box opens.

4Type a unique computer name in the Computer name box. Use a computer name of up to 15 characters with no blank spaces. Make sure that your computer name is unique. Your computer name cannot be all numeric. It must contains some letters.

5Type a name for your workgroup in the Workgroup box. Use a workgroup name of up to 15 characters with no blank spaces. The workgroup name must be the same for all computers on your home network, and the name must be different than any computer name on your network.

6Click OK to close the Computer Name Changes dialog box.

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.

Turning the wireless radio on

After you have completed your initial Windows setup, turn on the wireless radio. Press FN + F2 on the keyboard to turn on the optional wireless Ethernet radio, or Fn + F6 to turn on the optional Bluetooth radio. The wireless networking status indicator turns on when the wireless Ethernet radio is turned on.

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:

1Click Start, right-click My Network Places, then click Properties. The Network Connections window opens.

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