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Enter a Network name (SSID)*.

 

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The Data encryption (WEP enabled) option button must be selected.

 

8

Deselect the The key is provided for me automatically option button.

 

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Some information becomes visible.

 

 

 

 

 

9

Fill in the Network key*.

 

 

 

The network key should be 5 or 13 ASCII characters or 10 or 26 hexadecimal characters long. You

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can choose whatever you want**.

 

10

Select the option "This is a computer to computer (ad hoc) network; wireless access points are

 

 

 

not used" at the bottom of the screen.

 

 

11

Click OK.

 

 

12

Click OK again.

 

 

 

Your computer is ready to communicate with another computer.

 

*If you want to communicate between two or more computers, you need to configure all these computers the exact same way. This means that you need to enter the same Network name and the same Network key on all computers as on the first computer you configure.

**ASCII: The basis of character sets used in almost all present-day computers. ASCII is a code for representing English characters as numbers, with each letter assigned a number from 0 to 127.

Hexadecimal: A number representation using the digits 0-9, with their usual meaning, plus the letters A-F (or a-f) to represent hexadecimal digits with values of (decimal) 10 to 15.

✍In France, only channels 10 and 11 are legally allowed when using WLAN. For more information, see the Wireless LAN Regulations leaflet.