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Wireless Home Networking Simplified
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Wireless Home Networking Simplified

by Jim Doherty, Neil Anderson
December 2006
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
384 pages
10h 39m
English
Cisco Press
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Wireless Connection Made

Now that we have made it through all the steps, we need to check if we have a wireless connection yet.

If you are using the Windows Wireless Network Connection utility, choose Start > Connect To > Show All Connections. Select the wireless NIC and then click View Wireless Networks. Figure 10-54 shows that we are now connected successfully to the network with SSID KF34DC3, having passed all the steps up through obtaining an IP address.

Figure 10-54. Verifying a Wireless Connection with Windows XP

If you are using the Linksys WLAN Monitor utility, double-click the icon on the desktop to launch the utility or choose Start > Programs > Linksys Wireless Card > WLAN Monitor. Figure 10-55 shows that we are now connected successfully ...

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