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1. In Available Networks, click on Refresh.
2. Select the name of desired access point or computer-to-computer network to
connect from the searched available networks list, and click Configure.
3. Enter Profile Name and click Next.
4. In the Search Security Settings window, the wireless network security search
message will appear. Click Next.
5. Enter the network authentication, data encryption (WEP), encryp-
tion level, key index
, and wireless security password configured for
the target access point or computer-to-computer network in the Security Settings
window, and click Next.
6. The Done window appears, click OK.
When a wireless connection to an access point is established, connection icon
(
) appears in front of the name of connected profile.
If your desired network does not appear, click Refresh.
An access point is represented by the (
) icon, and a computer-to-computer
network is represented by the (
) icon. An ( ) icon is displayed in front of an
access point or a computer-to-computer network with configured security settings.
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The network authentication, data encryption (WEP), key index, and password of a
access point are configured in the access point management program. For infor-
mation on the security information, check the security settings of the access point
or ask your wireless network administrator.
To connect to an existing computer-to-computer (Ad Hoc) network, enter the
password configured when creating the computer-to-computer network for the first
time. You do not need to enter network authentication or key index.
Security Settings
Network authentication
: The network authentication option includes
Open System and Shared Key. When you select Open System, no authentica-
tion is applied (however, encryption is supported). When you select Shared
Key, a WEP key is used for authentication. The default setting is Open System
Data encryption (WEP)
: The IEEE 802.11 WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
standard defines two levels of encryption, a 64-bit key (this is sometimes
represented by 40bits) and a 128-bit key.
Key index
: Select the current encryption key index used by the access point
out of 1 to 4.
To use encryption key
: Click Use pass phrase to activate, and enter 5
(for 64-bit) or 13 (for 128-bit) alphanumeric characters (represented by 0-9,
a-z, or A-Z).
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