Making Wireless Connections; To Prepare For Connections (Windows 98 Or 2000) - HP Notebook PC Reference Manual

Making Wireless Connections

If your computer includes a wireless on-off button—located on the left side of the
computer near the front—you can connect by radio to a wireless local area network
(LAN) and access computers and other resources on the network.
A wireless network provides all the functions of a typical "wired" network, but also
provides for "roaming." Since your computer connects to the network by radio rather
than through cables, you can move from place to place within the network—from your
office to a conference room, for example—and remain on the network the entire time.

To prepare for connections (Windows 98 or 2000)

Before you can connect your computer to a particular 802.11 wireless network, you have
to configure the computer for the specific type of connection: "AdHoc" or
"Infrastructure."
Computer-to-Computer Connection (AdHoc)
An AdHoc network provides a wireless connection from your computer directly to one or
more computers with wireless capabilities, even if they aren't connected to a LAN. You
can then share resources such as shared files, printers, and Internet connections with the
other computers.
1. Click the wireless link icon in the taskbar and select Advanced Configuration.
–or–
Click Start, Programs, HP Wireless LAN, Configuration Utility.
2. On the Configuration tab, set these parameters:
Mode: AdHoc.
SSID: any name; must be identical for all computers connecting to each other. Do not
use a name that is used by a nearby access point.
AdHoc Channel: must be identical for all computers connecting to each other. For
best performance, do not use a channel that is the same as or adjacent to a channel
already being used by a nearby access point.
Modem and Network Connections
Making Wireless Connections
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