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WIreless LAN User’s Guide
Connection using Windows XP
FLOW OF OPERATIONS
The wireless LAN connection procedure contained in
this section is outlined below.
1. Make sure the mobile computer is ready for the
transmission of radio waves from the wireless LAN.
For further details, see (See Starting Transmission
on page 92 for more information).
2. Assign the parameters required for wireless LAN
connection. (See Preparation for wireless LAN con-
nection on page 93 for more information).
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Enter the network name (SSID) and other data.
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Enter the network key (the Wired Equivalent
Privacy or WEP key used to encode 802.11b
communications data).
3. Perform setting operations relating to network con-
nection. (See Connection to the network on page 95
for more information)
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Specify TCP/IP as the protocol, and confirm the name
of the work group and other settings.
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Enter the data required for file/printer sharing on the
network. Perform this operation as required.
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For infrastructure connection, enter data for the access
point. Refer to the manual of the access point for fur-
ther details.
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Verify that you are able to connect your computer to
the network.
PREPARATION FOR WIRELESS LAN
CONNECTION
This section explains the preparations required for the
use of the wireless LAN.
Assigning parameters
Enter the network name (SSID), the network key, and
other data required for wireless LAN connection. If there
is the administrator of the network, contact the network
administrator for data settings.
1. Make sure that the Wireless LAN switch is switched
on.
2. Click the [Start] button first and then [Control
Panel].
3. If the Control Panel is in Category view, switch to
Classic view by clicking “Switch to Classic View”
under Control Panel the left frame. (If you are
already in Classic view, “Switch to Category View”
will be displayed instead.)
4. Double-click the Network Connections icon. A list
of currently installed networks will be displayed.
5. Right-click [Wireless Network Connection] in the
list, and then click [Properties] in the menu dis-
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Wireless channels 1 to 11 are used for
the IEEE802.11b-compliant wireless LAN
adopted by this personal computer. If
you are to use infrastructure connection
(network connection via an access
point), a channel number greater than
11 may have been preassigned or auto-
matically assigned to the wireless chan-
nel to be used for the access point. In
that case, set the channel of the access
point to a channel number from 1 to 11.
For further details of the setting method,
refer to the manual of the access point
you are using.
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To use infrastructure connection, refer to
the access point manual for the access
point-setting procedure.
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You do not need to set the channel (fre-
quency band). The channel being used
for the intended wireless LAN network is
detected automatically and your per-
sonal computer communicates through
that channel. When a new ad hoc wire-
less LAN network is constructed
between the main units of personal
computers, channel 11 is preassigned as
the default.
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If it is necessary to change the channel,
change the setting of the access point.
For the setting procedure, refer to the
manual of the access point. In the case
of infrastructure connection, to use
ADSL (PPPoE) for accessing the Internet,
the MTU size of this personal computer
may need to be changed. For further
details, refer to the manual of the access
point.
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