Sony
Notebook U
s
er Guide
Using your notebook
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If you want to set up an encryption key so only those who know the key can access the network, then
select the
Enable Data Security
check box in the
Set Security
area, select either alphanumeric
characters or hexadecimal (depending on your encryption key), and type a five digit key.
10
Click
Next
.
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In the
TCP/IP Behavior
area, select the
Renew IP Address when selecting this profile
check box.
12
Click
Finish
.
13
Click
OK
in the
Add/Edit Configuration Profile
dialog box.
Your computer is ready to communicate with another computer.
✍
If you want to communicate between two or more computers, you need to configure each computer in exactly the same way.
This means that you need to enter the same
Network name
and the same
Network key
on all computers as on the first computer you configure.
In France, only channels 10 and 11 can be used (indoor as well as outdoor). This means that you might need to change channels (see
In a peer-to-peer group, each computer will automatically adopt the channel of the workgroup. If your computer is the first station to start the
workgroup, it will use the channel selected in the active profile.
Select peer-to-peer on all computers to establish the Wireless LAN network.
The network key is data used to protect signals passing through a Wireless LAN. It is also called an encryption key.
