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Default Help setting up a wireless network (please!)



"Adrian C" wrote in message
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dennis@home wrote:

SSID, encryption, etc.


Really?


There isn't much point in having a wizard that sets encryption, etc. on a
WAP that doesn't set it on the PC.


Wow. Tell me, with the plethora of different wireless chipsets possible on
a PC, and the random fact that the user may be using Microsoft wireless
configuration OR something else, and different operating systems - exactly
how is a setup disc wizard FOR THE WAP going to set up encryption on the
PC?


What makes you think they don't all store the data in the same place?
What makes you think there isn't a standard set of library calls to
manipulate them?
Can you name a card/driver combination where things like the "net" commands
and "ipconfig" don't work?