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Appendix C Windows Wireless Management
Enter the Security key/Passphrase. Everybody on the network must enter this
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key in their computer's wireless client in order to access the network. If you want
to see the characters you entered, select the Display characters box. Otherwise,
leave it empty (dots display instead of the characters).
If you will use this ad-hoc network again, select the Save this network box. If
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you do this, the next time you click Start > Connect to, you can select the
network from the list.
Click Next. The following screen displays.
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Figure 125 Vista: Ad-hoc Network Ready
If you want to share files with other computers on the ad-hoc network, or let other
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computers use your Internet connection, click the Network and Sharing Center
link. Otherwise, click Close.
Windows XP
Be sure you have the Windows XP service pack 2 installed on your computer.
Otherwise, you should at least have the Windows XP service pack 1 already on
your computer and download the support patch for WPA from the Microsoft web
site.
Windows XP SP2 screen shots are shown unless otherwise specified. Click the help
icon (
information about and click to view the help.
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) in most screens, move the cursor to the item that you want the
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