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Where the wireless network is

Network location settings

Home

at_home

• Network name: home
• Communication mode: ad hoc
• Security: WEP

When the laptop is being used at work, the person must set the network location to

at_work in order to connect to the office network.
Conversely, the laptop must be set to the at_home network location when the person

is at home and wants to connect the laptop to the home network.

5.3.4 Network name (SSID)

A network name, or “Service Set Identifier (SSID)”, identifies a particular wireless

network. In order to operate on a network, a device must know the network's network

name.
A wireless network only has one network name.
A given location, such as an office, may have several wireless networks, each with

a different network name. Wireless devices use network names to identify

overlapping wireless networks.

Example

The printer is in an office with two wireless

infrastructure

networks. Each network

has a

Wireless Access Point (WAP)

.

Note: In this example, both wireless networks have the same security settings.

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