If the network does not appear, click on Refresh.

An access point is represented by the ( ) icon, and a small office wireless network is represented by the () icon.

3.Enter a profile name to be used in the Network Connections.

4.Select one of the Security Settings set for the access point (or computer-to- computer network) to connect to in the Security window. Click on the Settings to set detailed security options for the selected Security Setting.

The network authentication, encryption type and password of the access point are set through the access point management program. For security information, view the access point security settings or ask your wireless network administrator.

WEP Key Setting:

Data Encryption: IEEE 802.11 WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) standard

provides 2 security levels: 64-bit key (sometimes 40-bit) and 128-bit key encryption.

Key types include hexadecimal numbers and ASCII characters.

For ASCII: Click Use Encryption to enable the encryption feature.

Enter 5 (for 64-bit) or 13 alphanumeric (0-9, a-z ~ A-Z) characters (for 128-bit).

For hexadecimal: Enter 10 (for 64-bit) or 26 hexadecimal (0-9, A-F) characters (for 128-bit) in the WEP key field.

A computer-to-computer network only supports WEP keys.

In addition, you can set a 152-bit key (32 characters for hexadecimal and 16 characters for ASCII) for the connection to an Atheros Access Point.

5.Click the OK button and then click the OK button in the Profile Management window.

6.When a new profile is created, the profile appears in the list of the Profile Management tab and the connection to the corresponding profile starts.

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