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Using Your VAIO Computer

To communicate without an Access Point (ad-hoc)

1Turn on the WIRELESS or WIRELESS LAN switch. The WIRELESS LAN indicator lights up.

On models with the Bluetooth functionality*1, double-click ( / ) on the taskbar to display the Wireless Device Switch window. Select the Enable 2.4 GHz Wireless LAN check box and click OK.

2Click Start and then Control Panel.

3Click Network and Internet Connections.

4Click Network Connections.

The Network Connections window appears.

5Right-clickWireless 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)*2.

You can choose a 32-digit alphanumeric 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*2.

The network key should be 5 or 13 alphanumeric characters or 10 or 26 hexadecimal*3 characters long. You can choose whatever you want.