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obscure your network from casual Wi-Fi opportunists (though you do need to remember
the name when you set up your computers to access the network).
Save the settings you have changed and let your router restart (this may take up
to five minutes). Then, you are ready to configure computers to use Wi-Fi for network
and Internet access.
Step 3: Set Up Your Computer to Use Wireless
Whenever you encounter a new Wi-Fi location, you??™ll probably want to ???hook up???
and surf. Many public Wi-Fi spots provided by coffee shops and local communities
require no configuration??”merely double-click the hotspot??™s name and, cha-ching,
you??™ve got Internet gold. To get to that point, you can click Start, right-click My
Network Places, click Properties, right-click your wireless network adapter??™s icon,
and then select View Available Wireless Networks to get to the dialog box shown
in Figure 2-5.
This dialog box is how Windows shows you the wireless scene around your computer.
Dell, Intel, Cisco, and others have more robust and descriptive Wi-Fi connection
programs, represented in Figure 2-6 for a Dell laptop.
Figure 2-5
Windows??™ Wireless
Network Connection
dialog box showing
nearby Wi-Fi access
points
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To ???hook up??? with one of the available networks, double-click its name to open a
dialog box similar to the one shown in Figure 2-7, which prompts you for the network
access key or passphrase required by the access point or router to let your computer
onto the network.
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