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Figure 55. Peer to Peer Community tab—Join button
3. Enter a passphrase specific to the community being established. It must contain
4. Click the Join button.
5. ThinkPad Community starts setting up the wireless network. The following
The ThinkPad Community starts, and the initial peer-to-peer window is
displayed.
at least eight characters in UNICODE code, including quotation marks, spaces,
and underscores. Each user must enter this passphrase to join the community.
At start up, the Passphrase edit box is filled with the passphrase last used by
the present user.
A grayed-out ThinkPad icon, your user name, and the selected wireless mode
are displayed at the left. To change the wireless mode, go to Configure menu.
A short explanation of the use of the peer-to-peer capability is displayed in the
list box at the center. The three application buttons at the bottom and the
Received Files button at the right are disabled until the user is connected to a
group.
settings are configured automatically:
v The wireless LAN adapter is automatically set to Adhoc mode (802.11 IBSS)
v A temporary IP address is assigned.
v Distributed DNS service is started.
v A NetMeeting COM interface is initialized.
Chapter 5. Introducing a peer-to-peer connection
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