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Appendix A – Configuring a Laptop for Ad-Hoc Networking
This procedure assumes you are using Windows XP Professional.
For additional information on configuring your laptop for an ad-hoc connection, select
Start – Help and Support –
Networking and the Web – Networking – Wireless networking – 802.1x wireless networking – Set up automatic
wireless network configuration
or use the search utility to find
Set up automatic wireless network configuration
.
Step 1
: From your laptop, select
Start – Settings – Network Connections
.
Step 2
: Right-click
Wireless Network Connection
, and select
Properties
.
Step 3
: Click the Wireless Networks tab. Note that the
Use Windows to Configure my wireless network settings
must
be selected.
Step 4
: Click the
Add
button in the
Preferred networks
panel.
Step 5
: Supply an SSID (user-defined) in the
Network name
(SSID) field.
Step 6
: Set
Network Authentication
to
Open
.
Step 7
: Set Data encryption to one of the following options:
•
WEP – Indicates a network key is used to encrypt your data while it is transmitted over the network.
•
WPA/PSK – Indicates a network key is used to encrypt your data while it is transmitted over the network.
More secure than WEP
•
Disabled – Indicates your data is not encrypted while it is transmitted over the network.
Step 8
: Select
This is a computer-to-computer (ad hoc) network; wireless access points are not used
.
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