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Using Your VAIO Computer

To communicate without an Access Point (ad-hoc)

1Turn on the WIRELESS LAN switch.
The WIRELESS LAN indicator lights up.
2Click Start and then Control Panel.
3Click Network and Internet Connections.
4Click Network Connections.
The Network Connections window appears.
5Right-click Wireless Network Connection, then click Properties.
The Wireless Network Connection Properties window appears.
6Select the Wireless Networks tab.
7Click the Add… button.
The Wireless network properties window appears.
8Enter a Network name (SSID)*1.
You can choose a 32-digit alphanumeric name.
9Select Open from the Network Authentication drop-down box.
10 Select WEP from the Data Encryption drop-down box.
11 Deselect the The key is provided for me automatically option button.
Some information becomes visible.
12 Enter 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.
13 Enter exactly the same Network key again, for confirmation.