For information about the encryption key (WEP key) of your AP, ask your AP administrator or network administrator.

A network key consists of either 5 or 13 alphanumeric characters(e.g. magic), or 10 or 26 hexadecimal(0-9 or A-F).

6. When your computer is connected to an access point, the connection ( )icon appears in front of the added wireless network connection profile name.

When a profile is created, the new profile is added to the My Preferred Network Profiles list. Double-clicking the profile displays Activate or Edit a Preferred Profile window. Select Activate Profile and the click on OK to make a connection using the profile.

To create an Ad Hoc network:

To create a new computer-to-computer (Ad Hoc) network or to connect to a hidden access point (Stealth/Closed Mode), refer to the following procedures.

A hidden access point is an access point that exists, but is configured not to be detected by the scan operation to prevent access attempts from unauthorized users.

1.Click on Add / Edit Preferred Profiles in the Action menu.2.Click on Add in My Preferred Network Profiles.3.Select Create a new network profile and click OK.4.Enter a Profile Name and Network Name.

To create a new Ad hoc network, select a Peer-to-Peer group in Create Network. In this case, you can select the channel to use.

What is a network name (SSID)?

Network name (SSID) is a name that a wireless adapter uses for identifying connection. Enter the name of computer-to-computer network to create (e.g., P2P) or the name of access point to connect. The network name identifies cases. (capital and lowercase) For the name of access point, check the settings of the access point, or ask your wireless network administrator.

5.In the Wireless network key (WEP) field, select Enable Encryption and enter the encryption key to be used for the network and then click OK.

To connect to the access point, enter the network encryption key configured in the access point and then click OK.

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