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3 When you have finished filling in the fields, click Next. the following screen displays.

Figure 99 Vista: Successfully Added Network

4 If you want to make any changes to the settings you just configured, click Change

connection settings. Otherwise, click Connect to.... In the window that displays,
double-click the new network’s name to connect to the network.

Setting Up An Ad-Hoc Network

Take the following steps to set up a wireless connection between two computers in Windows
Vista.

Encryption type

Select the type of encryption used by the network.
When you use WEP or 802.1x, WEP displays.
When you use a WPA mode (WPA(2)-Personal or WPA(2)-Enterprise)

you can choose AES or TKIP (if supported by your computer’s wireless

client).

Security Key /

Passphrase

If your network uses WEP or WPA(2)-Personal security, enter the key

here.

Display Characters

Select this if you do not want the security key characters to be hidden.

Start this connection

automatically

Select this box if you always want to try to connect to this network at

startup. If you leave this box unchecked, you will need to connect manually

each time.

Connect even if the

network is not

broadcasting

Select this box if you always want to try to connect to this network at

startup, even if the network is not broadcasting its SSID. The warning in

this field refers to the fact that if you do this, your computer sends out probe

request packets, which contain the network’s SSID and could be used by

an attacker to access the network.

Next

Click this to save your settings and move on to the next page.

Cancel

Click this to stop setting up your network.

Table 26 Vista: Connect Manually

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