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Configuring Clients for an Ad-Hoc Network
Configuring Clients for an Ad-Hoc Network
To configure clients for an ad-hoc network, perform the following:
1. From the Windows desktop, click Start then select Settings → Control Panel. Then
double click the Network icon.
2. For Windows 95 or 98, the Network dialog box is displayed. Click on RoamAbout
802.11 DS to highlight it, then click the Properties button.
3. For Windows NT, click the Adapters tab. In the Network Adapters field, click on
RoamAbout 802.11 DS to highlight it, then click the Properties button.
4. Select the Basic tab.
5. Select Ad-Hoc Demo Mode.
6. To modify the Transmit Rate and Fixed settings, see the "Configuring the Transmit
Rate" section on page 5-23. The default settings work well in most environments.
7. To enable encryption, click the Encryption tab and perform the following:
a) Place a check mark in the Enable Encryption check box.
b) Determine a set of encryption keys for use by the ad-hoc network, and the position
(1, 2, 3, or 4) for each key.
c) Enter the keys in the Encryption Key fields. Make sure that the key you enter in
position 1 is the same as the key in position 1 in the other clients. Any keys entered
in positions 2, 3, and 4 must match the keys in those same positions in the other
clients. However, you do not need to enter all the keys used by the other clients.
Once you leave the Encryption window, the characters in each Key field are
replaced by asterisks (*) that fill the field.
d) In the Encrypt Data Transmissions using field, select the key to use when
transmitting data. The transmission key must be entered in all the other clients.
Refer to the "Setting Encryption" section on page 5-27 for additional information.
8. Click OK to close the Properties window. Restart the computer when prompted.
All clients must use the same frequency channel. The RoamAbout PC Card operates at its
factory-set default channel (see Table A-3 on page A-5). Any other type of PC Card must
also use the same radio frequency.
The Wireless Network Name and AP Density parameters are not used in an ad-hoc
configuration. Also, you should not enable Power Management, since there is no device,
such as an Access Point, to buffer messages while the client is in sleep mode.
5-18 Configuring the Wireless Network
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