Sony Ericsson Wireless Manager 4.0 User Manual page 66

If necessary, contact your network administrator to arrange access and request the following information:
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Note:
If you require access to a network account, you will also require the domain name of the account,
a user name, and a password.
To configure a network connection to use Open authentication and WEP encryption
1. Open the Wireless Utility.
2. On the Wireless Networks tab, verify that the Let this tool manage your wireless settings
check box is selected. If it is not, select it, and then click Apply.
3. In the Preferred networks panel, select the wireless network for which you want to configure
a connection and click Properties. If the network you want is not listed, click Add, and then type
the SSID of the network to be configured in the Network name (SSID) field.
4. From the Network Authentication drop-down list, select Open.
5. From the Data Encryption drop-down list, select WEP.
6. Clear the The key is provided for me automatically check box.
7. In the Network key field, type the network key.
8. In the Confirm key field, retype the network key.
9. Click the Authentication tab and clear the Enable IEEE 802.1X authentication for the network
check box.
Note:
Authenticate Prior to Windows Login is used to guarantee a network connection (including
association, authentication, and DHCP). To enable this feature, select the Authenticate Prior
to Windows Login check box. To disable this feature, clear the check box.
10. Click OK. The configuration of your wireless network connection is now complete.
To configure a network connection to use 802.1x with WEP or CKIP encryption
and TLS or TTLS authentication
1. Open the Wireless Utility.
2. On the Wireless Networks tab, verify that the Let this tool manage your wireless settings
check box is selected. If it is not, select it, and then click Apply.
3. In the Preferred networks panel, select the wireless network for which you want to configure
a connection and click Properties. If the network you want is not listed, click Add; and then,
in the Network name (SSID) field, type the SSID of the network to be configured.
4. From the Network Authentication drop-down list, select 802.1x.
5. From the Data Encryption drop-down list, select WEP or CKIP, depending on your network
encryption. Contact your network administrator if you are unsure of which encryption type to use.
58 Using the Sony Ericsson Wireless Utility
Network names (SSID) of the specific wireless networks to which you want to connect.
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) wireless network key information (may include network
authentication type, encryption type, network key) for any WPA-enabled networks to which
you want to connect.
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) wireless network key information (network key) for any
WEP-enabled networks to which you want to connect. Your network key is either 5 or 13
ASCII (text) characters, or 10 or 26 hexadecimal (0-9, A-F) characters.