User manual SONY VAIO VGN-FW518F

[. . . ] NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio or communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. [. . . ] Click Proxies, then check "Direct connection to the Internet. " 5 6 Click OK. Click Reload in the browser window. Upon completion of the above setup, proceed to Installing software on page 40. 39 Installing software Before Installing the software: · Install and connect the Access Point. (page 13) · Insert the Wireless LAN PC Card. (page 12) · Quit all Windows programs. Once you set up your Windows environment, install the Wireless Palette, the Basic Setup Utility, and the Custom Setup Utility software. 1 2 From the Start menu, click Run. · If the computer has an internal CD-ROM drive, enter "Q:\SETUP. EXE. " ("Q" indicates the name of the internal CD-ROM. Your CD-ROM drive may be identified with a different letter. ) · If you have copied the Wireless LAN folder from the supplied CD-ROM to your computer's hard disk, say in the C:\Temp folder, when installing the driver software on page 13, enter "C:\Temp\WirelessLAN\SETUP. EXE. " 3 4 5 z Tip If you want to install the software into another folder, click Browse and select the folder or directly enter the folder name. Click OK. The Wireless LAN Utility Setup dialog box appears. The License Agreement dialog box appears. Read the agreement and click Yes to accept. The Choose Destination Location dialog box appears. 6 Select the folder where you want to install the software and click Next. The Setup Type dialog box appears. 40 z Tip If you want select specific software applications, select Custom and click Next. 7 8 9 Select Standard and click Next. The Wireless LAN Utility Setup dialog box appears. 4 5 Select Remove, then click Next. The Confirm File Deletion dialog box appears. Software uninstallation begins and the Maintenance Complete dialog box appears after installation is completed. 6 Click Finish. 43 Wireless LAN connection Setting up the connection environment The following describes how to set up software for building a wireless LAN environment with the Access Point. Follow the steps below. 1 2 Use the Wireless Palette software to register the Access Point to every computer you want to connect in a wireless LAN. Use the Basic Setup Utility to set up the Access Point on one of the wireless LAN computers. To establish communication with the Access Point On every computer you want to connect to the wireless LAN, use the Wireless Palette to establish communication with the Access Point. Before attempting to establish a wireless LAN environment: · Check the six-digit Access Point ID on the bottom surface of the Access Point. Access Point ID Factory-set Encryption KEY · Install and connect the Access Point. (Refer to the Access Point Operation Instructions manual. ) · Insert the Wireless LAN PC Card to the computer. z Tip If the icon is not on the tray, select VAIO Wireless LAN - Wireless Palette from the Start menu. 1 Double-click the on the task tray. The Wireless Palette status window appears. 44 2 Click the Tool Box button . The Tool Box window appears. 3 z Tip Check Peer to Peer to establish wireless communications between computers without using the Access Point. For more information, see the section, To establish a wireless LAN environment without using the Access Point on page 46. Click Add. The Add New Access Point dialog box appears. z Tips · If the Access Point is already installed, your network administrator may have changed the Encryption Key using the Basic Setup Utility or the Custom Setup Utility. Contact your network administrator for instructions. [. . . ] 5 P Peer to Peer mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Phone Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]