Sony
Notebook U
s
er Guide
Using your notebook
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Communicating with an Access Point (infrastructure)
An infrastructure network is a network that extends an existing wired local network to wireless devices by
providing an Access Point, for example the
Sony PCWA-A220 Access Point
. The Access Point bridges the
wireless and wired LAN and acts as a central controller for the Wireless LAN. The Access Point coordinates
transmission and reception from multiple wireless devices within a specific range.
To communicate with an Access Point (infrastructure), proceed as follows:
1
Turn on the
Wireless switch
of the computer.
The
Switch wireless devices
dialog box appears.
2
Right-click the network icon
in the taskbar displaying the
Wireless Network Connection
message.
3
Click
View Available Wireless Networks
.
The
Wireless Network
Connection
dialog box appears.
4
Select the network you want to use.
5
Type the
Network Key
.
If you are using the Sony Access Point PCWA-A220, by default, you don’t need to enter any wep key. To
be able to communicate, you must select the box
Allow me to connect to the selected wireless
network, even though it is not secure
.
