Creating New Connections - 3Com 3CRDAG675 Quick Start Manual

1 Installing Your Wireless LAN Product and Wireless LAN Manager
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Creating New Connections

To make a Wireless LAN connection, click the Create New Connection button from the
3Com Launcher application.
This will bring up the "New Connection" window.
The new connection window will show a list of all the Wireless LAN connections that are
available, and the type of network they are.
"Access Point" networks are those with a device (Access Point) that you can use to
connect to a standard network. "Ad Hoc" networks are for allowing direct connections
between two or more computers with Wireless LAN adapters. They are useful if no
Access Points are available.
If you see an Access Point connection with the network name "<name unknown>", then
the Access Point is choosing to not broadcast its SSID (network name). In this case, you
must know the name of the network before you can connect to it.
To create an Ad Hoc network, click the New Ad Hoc button. If your network is currently
not visible, click the New Access Point button to manually create the network.
After you have selected the network you want to connect to, click the Connect or
Advanced Connection Settings button.
The Connect button will ask you for the minimum amount of information you need
to make a connection.