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Step 1: Reboot both of the systems youll be connecting..

Step 2:After the PCs restart, shut down or disable

as much software as possible, especially network-

using programs such as e-mail, messaging,

browsers, auto-updating software, and so on.

Ideally, you want to begin with two quiescent

systems, neither of which is trying to communicatevia any network.

Go ahead and replace it with your

own text.

Get your wireless-enabled PCs ready

These first three steps arent always mandatory; after youre familiar

with ad hoc networking, you might wish to skip them. But networking

often involves many variables, so it makes sense to try to simplify

your networking setup before creating your first ad hoc connection.Itll improve your odds of success.

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Step 4: Heres where the ad hoc setup

process really starts: on each system, openthe Network and Sharing Center(Control

Panel/Network and Internet/Network and

Sharing Center). Click on Connect or

disconnect.A list of available networks will

appear.

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Step 5: Make sure both PCsare disconnected from all

networks. If any connections are

active (the dialog box will be

labeled Currently connected

to:), click to select the active

connection and then click the

Disconnect button. (See Figure

1.)

1. Use the Disconnect button to closeall network connections. (Please

excuse the whimsical name of my

home-office network:

whatchulook ingat .)

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6Step 6: Next, in

the left pane of the

Network and

Sharing center

dialog box, click

Manage wireless

networks, as

highlighted inFigure 2.

7Step 7:After a moment, the Manage wireless networks that use (Wi-Fi)

dialog box will open. Click the Add button highlighted in Figure 3.

AGENDA

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AGENDA

Step 8: Next, youll see the Manually connect to a wireless networkdialog box. Click Create an ad hoc network, as shown in Figure 4.

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9Step 9: The Set up a wireless ad hoc network Wizard will open.Read the introductory screen (shown in Figure 5) and then click Next.

10Step 10: In the Give your network a name and choose securityoptions dialog box (see Figure 6), fill out the Network name, Security

type, and Security key fields.

Time to configure your ad hoc network

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In this case, Ive selected WPA2-Personal as the encryption type. You

also can use the less-secure WEP encryption or an insecure Open

connection, but WPA2 is the safest security option. Your WPA2-Personal

security key (or passphrase) must contain between 8 and 64 case-

sensitive alphanumeric characters.

If you think you might want to reuse the same connection in the future,

tick the Save this network box.

AGENDA

Step 11: Youll next see a Setting up the {name} network dialog box,illustrated in Figure 7

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1After a moment, youll see another dialog box, The {name} network

is ready to use, shown in Figure 8.

AGENDA

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AGENDA

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1Configuring the second wireless system

Step 12: On the second machine, open the Network and Sharing Center

(Control Panel/Network and Internet/Network and Sharing Center). Click

Connect or disconnect a list of available networks will appear. Click to

select the new network you just created, then click the Connect button.

(See Figure 9.)

Figure 9. Your new network should appear on the second laptops list of

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NB

The second PC will churn briefly as it identifies the newnetwork and establishes an encrypted link. Once the

connection is made, Windows will automatically assign

the new network to the Public network profile a

safety precaution.

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Step 13: Youll be asked for the security key you created

for the ad hoc network. (Remember: A WPA2

passphrase/key is case-sensitive.)

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The solution is to switch to Home or Work network profiles, which

do allow file sharing and are safer than Public. Unfortunately, this

is where you might run into a bug one Ive discussed before in

the May in ICT LOVERS ON FACEBOOK HERE, Win7 network

stuck in Public mode. Theres no obvious way to change to

Home or Work, or to create a homegroup.

However, with Public networks, network discovery and file sharing

are turned off by default again, as a safety precaution. So

although your two PCs are now connected, you cant really do

much with the connection; you cant browse one PC from the other

or share files, for example.

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Go ahead and replace it with your own text. This is an example text.

Go ahead and replace it with your own text. This is an example text.

Heres the workaround:

Step 14: Open the Network and Sharing Center,

and in the lower part of the dialog box, select

Choose homegroup and sharing options, ashighlighted in Figure 10

Figure 10. A

few extra

clicks

get your ad

hoc

connectionunstuck from

Public mode.

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Step 16: When the Set Network Location dialog box opens,

you can select the network profile of your choice, as shown

in Figure 12. I usually select Home for ad hoc connections

between PCs that I own and know to be safe.

Step 15: In the next dialog box, click the What is a

network location? link. (See Figure 11.)

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