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Windows XP Software Configuration for Wireless

Follow the steps to configure your laptop to work on the wireless network.

Step 1:

Click on "Start" and then "Control Panel".

Start Menu

Step 2:

Double-click on the "Network Connections" icon

Control Panel

Step 3:

Right click on your wireless network connection and select "Properties".

Network Connections

Step 4:

Select "Internet Protocol" (TCP/IP) in the "Wireless Network Connection Properties" window then click on "Properties".

Wireless Network Connection Properties - General

Step 5:

Both options should be set to obtain an address automatically. Click on "OK" to return to the "Wireless Network Connection Properties" window.

Internet Protocol Properties TCP/IP

Step 6:

Select the tab "Wireless Networks".

Wireless Network Connection Properties - General

Step 7:

Click "View Wireless Networks".

Wireless Network Connection Properties - Wireless Networks

Step 8:

If you are in a designated Rutgers Newark wireless area and click on "Refresh network list", NCS-WLAN will be listed under "Choose a wireless network".

Choose a wireless Network
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Last Updated:   February 25, 2009