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Launching Microsoft Windows Vista Wireless Network Configuration 13
z When the WEP (802.1x) security type is selected, WEP is
selected
Security Key/Passphrase Type the WEP key (if you selected
the WEP security type), the WPA preshared key (if you selected
the WPA-Personal security type), or the WPA2 preshared key
(if you selected the WPA2-Personal security type)
Display characters Specifies whether you want to view the
value typed in Security Key/Passphrase
Save this network for all users of this computer/Save this
network for me only Specifies that this wireless network pro-
file will be in the list of networks for other users of the computer
or only the current user. If specified only for the current user, the
wireless network will be disconnected when the user logs off or
switches to another user
Start this connection automatically Specifies whether Win-
dows Vista will automatically connect to this wireless network.
If you clear this checkbox, you must manually connect to the
wireless network from the Connect to a network dialog box
Connect even if the network is not broadcasting Specifies
whether Windows should attempt to connect even if the wireless
network is not broadcasting its name. This will cause Windows
Vista to send Probe Request frames to locate the wireless net-
work. These probe request frames can be used by malicious
users to determine the name of the non-broadcast network
4. Click Next and Windows Vista will display the following page:
Figure: 4.7Adding or change the settings for a manually setup wireless connection
To connect to the wireless network that you just created, click Con-
nect to, and then double-click the newly created wireless network in