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Using Your VAIO Computer

7Click the Add… button.

The Wireless network properties window appears.8Enter a Network name (SSID)*1.

You can choose a 32-digitalphanumeric name.

9Select Open from the Network Authentication drop-down box.

10Select WEP from the Data Encryption drop-down box.

11Deselect the The key is provided for me automatically option button. Some information becomes visible.

12Enter the Network key*1.

The network key should be 5 or 13 alphanumeric characters or 10 or 26 hexadecimal*2 characters long. You can choose whatever you want.

13Enter exactly the same Network key again, for confirmation.

14Select the check box This is a computer-to-computer (ad hoc) network; wireless access points are not used at the bottom of the screen.

15Click OK.

Your Network name appears in the Preferred networks.16Click Advanced.

The Advanced window appears.

17Select the Computer-to-computer (ad hoc) networks only option button.

18Click Close.

19Click OK.

Your computer is ready to communicate with another computer.