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AT-WCU200G User’s Guide
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Windows XP Wireless Configuration
Configuring
Wireless
Network Clients
Automatic wireless network configuration supports the IEEE 802.11
standard for wireless networks and minimizes the configuration that is
required to access wireless networks. When you enable automatic
wireless network configuration on your computer, you can roam across
different wireless networks without the need to reconfigure the network
connection settings on your computer for each location. As you move
from one location to a new location, automatic wireless network
configuration searches for available wireless networks and notifies you
when there are new wireless networks available for you to connect to.
After you select the wireless network that you want to connect to,
automatic wireless network configuration updates your wireless
network adapter to match the settings of that wireless network, and
attempts to connect to that wireless network.
With automatic wireless network configuration, you can create a list of
preferred wireless networks, and you can specify the order in which to
attempt connections to these wireless networks.
Upgrading the XP Wireless Configuration Utility
Microsoft provides a free wireless configuration utility upgrade, but it
works only with Windows XP. The WPA client is not available as an
automatic Windows update. You can find it the WPA client in the
following Microsoft Knowledge Base Article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;815485
Download the file into a new directory. Double-click on it to install it.
(The file is self-extracting and self-installing.) Once you have installed the
update, reboot your machine. The software adds additional dialog boxes
to the Network Control Panel to support the new authentication and
encryption options of WPA. You can check that the upgrade has been
installed by opening the Control Panel, double-clicking on Add or
Remove Programs, and checking for Windows XP Hotfix (SP2) Q815485.
For technical support, troubleshooting, and maintaining the Microsoft
XP software, refer to your Microsoft owners manual for Windows XP or at
www.microsoft.com. The technical support information retrieved and
updated may assist you in configuring the XP software. Windows XP
software is a product of Microsoft Corporation and is owned and
licensed under the terms and conditions of the Windows XP software.
Windows XP and Microsoft are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.