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Chapter 4. Connecting to the Internet
Connecting to computer-to-computer networks
(peer-to-peer or ad hoc)
In computer-to-computer wireless networks, you can wirelessly connect 2 or more
computers that have wireless LAN modules.
Using this method, a computer that is not connected to the Internet can share the
Internet by accessing another computer connected to the Internet. (Refer to “Sharing
an Internet connection through a wireless network” (P.4-24).)
You can connect by completing the following steps:
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Step 1. Set up a computer-to-computer network on a computer.
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Step 2. Connect to the configured computer from other computers.
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Step 1. Setting up a computer-to-computer network
1. Right-click on the
Wireless Network Connection
(
) icon on the taskbar,
and select
View Available Wireless Networks
.
2. Click
Advanced
.
The connection setup is described for computers running Windows XP Service
Pack 1. If you are using the Windows 2000 system, refer to P. 4-15 ‘Wireless
Network Setup Using the Wireless LAN Setup Program’.
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