Registering a wireless network for “auto connect – Sony COM-1 User Manual

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Getting Started…

Setting the Connecting Method

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Registering a wireless network for “Auto Connect”

When you select “ON” in “Auto Connect,” you must register wireless network

you want to automatically connect to. Usually this will be wireless network

you use most often.

WIRELESS LAN

switch/indicator

Status indicator

Slide and hold the WIRELESS LAN switch upward to turn on

the wireless LAN.
The WIRELESS LAN indicator lights up green, and the status indicator

lights up blue. The Connection Dialog appears.

If there is wireless network you want to register, press

/ to

select wireless network, and then press the center button.
The unit connects to wireless network, and

appears on the status bar.

on the status bar of the display has the following meanings:

Blinks blue: The unit is attempting to connect to wireless network.

Lights up blue: The unit has connected to wireless network.

Lights up white: The unit has been unable to connect to wireless network.
If the status indicator lights up orange, the unit turns on the wireless LAN in
Ad Hoc mode. See the “To change to the infrastructure mode” ( page 30).

Note

• The unit is compatible only with the IEEE 802.11b wireless LAN standard. Both

of the IEEE 802.11b and 802.11g wireless networks may be displayed, but the unit

can connect only to networks capable of and configured for the 802.11b. Check

with the administrator of your network for the status.

After the connection is completed, follow the instructions on

the display to register the selected wireless network.
The next time you turn on the wireless LAN in the infrastructure mode,

the unit will automatically connect to this registered wireless network if

available/nearby.

If the wireless network you want to register is not displayed in the

Connection Dialog, register the network using the Connection Manager

( page 180).

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