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Network Profiles
Creating a Profile for a WiFi Network
Perform these steps to create a WiFi network profile.
1. Select Profiles from the Tools menu. The Network Profiles window will be displayed.
2. Select Add New Profile from the Settings menu. A list of network profile types appears.
3. Select WiFi and then click Add to launch the wizard used to create WiFi network
profles.
4. In the SSID field, enter the broadcast name of the network to which you will be
connecting. Note that the name entered here must match the SSID (Service Set
IDentifier) used by the network exactly.
5. If the network is a Closed network, select the This is a non-broadcasted network check
box.
6. If the network whose profile you are configuring does not use WEP or WPA encryption,
leave the
Enable data encryption check box cleared.
–or–
If the network uses WEP or WPA encryption, select the
Enable data encryption check
box and configure the WiFi Data Encryption Settings as explained in “Configuring WiFi
Data Encryption” on page 68.