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3. Type a descriptive name for the profile such as Home or CoffeShop.
4. Click the drop-down arrow at Network Mode and select Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc. Choose
Infrastructure when connecting to an access point or wireless router. You will need to know the
SSID of the access point.
Choose Ad-Hoc when connecting directly to another computer without using an access point.
You can type anything for the SSID as long as the same SSID is used on the computer you are
connecting to.
5. In the SSID pane click Browse. The utility performs a site survey and displays the results.
The SSID (Service Set IDentifier) is the name assigned to a wireless Wi-Fi network. All devices
must use this case-sensitive name, which is a text string up to 32 bytes long, in order to
communicate.