Network Setting and Sharing
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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.
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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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Note1
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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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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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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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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