Find And Connect To Any Wireless Network
First and most important is that in order to connect to any network you need to be within a certain range of the network in order to be able to receive the network signal. This primarily depends on the kind of hardware you are using, to be more exact on the wireless router you are using. According to the router standards, you should be at a maximum of 150 feet indoors and 300 feet outdoors and for 802.11b and 802.11g hardware and for 802.11a hardware no more than 50 feet indoors and 100 feet outdoors.
Also make sure that the router or access point is turned on if you have access to them as well as the wireless switch that should be located on the front side of your computer, if it exists because these are not part of all models. Broadcasting is also an option that should be on in order to receive the available networks. In this article we will learn to add a network manually.
In Windows XP:
Setting up in Windows XP is simple because XP is already equipped with an automatic networking setup that helps you to set up a wireless network very quickly. For this example, we will consider an 802.11b wireless adapter on the laptop and you must also have access to an 802.11b standard wireless network. In order to install the wireless adapter you need to just insert it into the PCMCIA slot which causes the Automatic Wireless Configuration wizard to start up. Simple follow the steps in the wizard and in no time you will be ready to connect to the network. Normally Windows XP will itself keep searching for available wireless access points in any given area and will try to automatically connect to it. But it may happen that even in the case a wireless network exists in any area it will not be recognized by XP. In such a situation you have to manually add the wireless access point. · Start > Control Panel
· Double click on Network Connections
· Then right click on the Wireless Network Connection and go to the Properties
· Go to the Wireless Networks tab and you will be able to see the list of all the wireless access points in the Available networks box.
· Under the Preferred networks, click Add.
· And proceed to type the name of the wireless access point in the SSID or Network Name box and check all the checkboxes according to your network requirements. Click OK.
· This will add the network with the name you type in the Available Networks box. Verify for this and you are done. As you roam Windows XP will automatically keep up with the networks in the area. If in case, XP does not recognize any network that you wish to connect to, simply add it manually like mentioned above. Windows Vista: · Start > Connect To. You can also right click on the Network icon located in the system tray and select Connect to a network.
· In the Connect to a network dialog box, click the Set up a connection or network.
· In the Choose a connection option dialog box, click Manually connect to a wireless network.
· In the Enter information for the wireless network you want to add dialog box, enter the appropriate name and settings like security, encryption and security key, and then click Next.
· In the Successfully added dialog box, click Connect to.
· You may also use the Change Connection settings to change your settings anytime. The network you have chosen should get added to your available networks and you should be able to connect to this network now whenever you are within this range.
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