User's Manual

Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Wireless Network
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Setting Up Your Wireless
Network
This chapter discusses how to set up a wireless
network using computers that have built-in wireless
capabilities and/or a wireless adapter. Chapter 3
provides information about implementing network
security.
Note that for each computer added to your wireless network, you
will need to take appropriate steps for setting up that computer. To
do that, select one of the three possibilities for that computer
below:
1. Some newer Windows Vista and XP notebooks and desktops
have built-in wireless networking capabilities and do not
require the installation of a wireless component. If this is the
case, you should set up that computer’s wireless connection
using the Windows Vista or XP connect utility. See the
sections below on connecting Windows Vista (page 25) or XP
(page 27) computers with built-in wireless capabilities.
Tip!
To see if your notebook has built-in wireless capabilities: On
the Windows desktop, click Start, click Connect to and then
locate the Wireless Network Connection option. If Connect
to does not appear, or if there is no wireless network available,
then your notebook does not have wireless capabilities.
2. Some desktop and notebook computers may have built-in wireless
networking capabilities, but do not use the Windows Vista or XP