Sony VAIO PCG-V505CP Hardware Manual page 42

Using your VAIO computer
8 Select the Network Authentication (Shared mode) check box.
9 Clear the The key is provided for me automatically check box.
Some information becomes visible.
10 Fill in the Network key*.
The network key should be 5 or 13 ASCII characters or 10 or 26 hexadecimal characters long.
11 Fill in exactly the same Network key again, for confirmation.
12 Click OK.
Your Network name (SSID) appears in the Preferred networks box.
13 Click Advanced.
The Advanced dialog box appears.
14 Select the Computer-to-computer (ad hoc) networks only check box.
15 Click Close.
16 Click OK.
Your computer is ready to communicate with another computer.
* If you want to communicate between two or more computers, you need to configure all these computers in exactly the same way.
This means that you need to enter the same Network name (SSID) and the same Network key on all computers as on the first
computer you configure.
** ASCII: The basis of character sets used in almost all present-day computers. ASCII is a code for representing English characters as
numbers, with each letter assigned a number from 0 to 127.
Hexadecimal: A number representation using the digits 0-9, with their usual meaning, plus the letters A-F (or a-f) to represent
hexadecimal digits with values of (decimal) 10 to 15.
In France, only certains channels are legally allowed when using WLAN.
For more information, see the Wireless LAN Regulations leaflet.
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