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Using your VAIO computer

6Enter a Network name (SSID)*.

You can choose a 32-digitalphanumeric name.

7Select Open from the Network Authentication drop-down box.

8Select WEP from the Data Encryption drop-down box.

9Deselect the The key is provided for me automatically option button. Some information becomes visible.

10Fill in the Network key*.

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

11Fill in exactly the same Network key again, for confirmation.

12Select the check box This is a computer-to-computer (ad hoc) network; wireless access points are not used at the bottom of the screen.

13Click OK.

Your Network name appears in the Preferred networks.

14Click Advanced.

The Advanced dialog box appears.

15Select the Computer-to-computer (ad hoc) networks only option button.

16Click Close.

17Click OK.

Your computer is ready to communicate with another computer.