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Wireless Networking User Guide
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6 Enter the name of your network and the encryption key (if required).
■ If you are connecting to an access point network, enter ANY to
connect to any wireless Ethernet network within range of your
notebook, or enter the exact network name of the network you are
joining.
■ If you are connecting to a residential gateway network, enter the
residential gateway identifier number for the network name and
the last five characters of the residential gateway identifier number
as the encryption key.
■ If you are connecting to a peer-to-peer network, enter the exact
network name for the network you are joining. If an encryption
key has been agreed to by the other members of the network, enter
this value as well.
7 If you are configuring your notebook for an access point network, tabs
are available to enter additional configuration information as necessary.
Contact your network system administrator or refer to the access point
documentation before entering this information.
8 Click OK to close the Edit Configuration dialog box.
9 If you are setting up your notebook for more than one network, repeat
steps 3 through 8 to create additional profiles.
10 Click OK to close the Add/Edit Configuration Profile dialog box.
Important All computers on your network must have the same
network name and encryption key. For help, ask your
network system administrator.
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