User's Manual

VAIO® Computer Wireless Information
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Configuring Proxy and IP Settings for WLAN connections
You can configure Proxy and IP Settings for use in connecting to your WLAN
network. To do this:
1 From the WLAN Settings dialog box, click Advanced Settings.
The Advanced Settings window displays.
2 Select a network profile from the list that you want to configure, and then
click Edit.
❑ To configure your Proxy, follow these steps:
1 On the Proxy tab, select whether to use the Internet Explorer proxy
settings or not, or to use a proxy server of yourr choice for your WLAN
connection.
If you want to use a specified proxy server, you must identify its address
and port.
2 Click Apply and proceed to configure IP Settings or click OK.
❑ To configure your IP Settings:
1 On the IP Settings tab, select whether to obtain IP and DNS server
address automatically or not. If you do not want to obtain IP
automatically, you must identify the IP address, subnet mask, and
default gateway addresses, and identify preferred and alternate DNS
servers.
Optonally, you can select to obtain IP automatically and choose to
specify preferred and alternate DNS servers.
2 Click Apply and proceed to configure a Proxy or click,OK.
3 Click Close to close the Advanced Settings window.