Dell TrueMobile 1400 User Manual page 41

Using the TrueMobile 1400 Client Utility: Dell TrueMobile 1400 WLAN Card User's Guide
6. From the Properties box, you can enable or disable WEP data encryption and change the network name and the network
key (see the Completing the setup
Setting up an ad hoc (peer-to-peer) group network for connecting to the
Internet
To connect the computers in an ad hoc group network to the Internet, you must install the Windows Internet connection sharing (ICS)
component. ICS installation is not required, however, for communication among a group of computers that have a Dell TrueMobile
1400 Internal Dual-band WLAN Card installed in each computer. You must also add an ad hoc network to the Preferred networks
list on the Wireless Networks tab of the Network Properties box (see
Select one of your desktop computers to serve as the host computer (all other computers are called clients). The host computer must
be running either the Windows 2000 or Windows XP operating system. The host computer is the only computer that connects directly
to the Internet. Dell recommends that the host computer be the desktop computer having the fastest microprocessor and the most
memory.
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section for instructions).
Opening the TrueMobile 1400 Client Utility).