Panasonic CF-W8 Series Reference Manual page 94

Wireless LAN
NOTE
The computer may resume when another computer in the network makes unintentional access.
Using the following procedure, you can prevent accidental startup by unintentional access.
Click [start] - [Control Panel] - [Performance and Maintenance] - [System] - [Hardware] - [Device Manager] and
A
double-click [Network adapters], and double-click [Intel(R) WiFi Link xxxx], and then click [Power
Management].
Add a check mark for [Only allow management stations to bring the computer out of standby], and click [OK].
B
If the wireless switch is set to ON, and the Wake Up from wireless LAN function is enabled, the computer consumes
electricity, even in the standby/hibernation mode.
The Wake Up from wireless LAN function does not work when network connection is established in ad hoc mode.
To check the wireless LAN network status
Place the cursor over the Wireless Switch Utility icon (
A
A tooltip appears.
NOTE
The Wireless Switch Utility icons (
IEEE802.11a setting.
If the IEEE802.11a setting is changed in [Device Manager], the display will be changed accordingly.
Perform either of the following procedures to check the status in Intel
• Double-click ,
• Click [start] - [All Programs] - [Intel PROSet Wireless] - [WiFi Connection Utility].
Exchanging Data between Computers Using the Wireless LAN
To communicate between two computers using the wireless LAN and without using an access point, make the following
settings on each computer.
Set the network to be accessed as [Device to Device (ad hoc)].
Set the network names to the same name.
Set the network authentication to the same authentication.
When using encryption, set the same encryption and the same network key on both computers.
and ) indicate the on/off status of wireless communication, not the
or on the notification area.
or ) on the notification area.
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PROSet/Wireless Software.
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