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Using Your VAIO Computer

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.

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See the printed Specifications sheet to see whether your model is equipped with the Bluetooth functionality.

*2

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.

*3

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.

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An ad-hoc network does not support WPA.

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In France, only certain channels are legally allowed when using WLAN outdoors. For more information, see the Wireless LAN Regulations.