ZipIt WinXP Setup

To configure XP with a WiFi card to be an adhoc network node on IP address 10.0.1.9:


 * 1) Control Panel: Network connections
 * 2) Select Wireless Network Connection item on the Network connections dialog
 * 3) right click, select properties from the pop-up menu
 * 4) Click on General tab
 * 5) scroll list until you see Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) - select it and   click Properties button
 * 6) select Use the following IP address radio button
 * 7) Set the IP address to 10.0.1.9
 * 8) Set Subnet Mask to 255.255.255.0
 * 9) Set Default Gateway to 10.0.1.9
 * 10) Do not set DNS server addresses
 * 11) Click OK
 * 12) Now click on the Wireless Networks tab on the Wireless Network Connection Properties dialog
 * 13) click Advanced Button
 * 14) Click on Computer-to-computer (adhoc) networks only
 * 15) checkmark Automatically connect to non-preferred networks
 * 16) click close button
 * 17) Click Add... button on Wireless Network Connection Properties dialog box
 * 18) On the Wireless network properties dialog, click the Association tab
 * 19) Enter ZIPNET as the SSID
 * 20) Network Authentication set to Open
 * 21) Data Encryption set to Disabled
 * 22) click ok

Done. Now see if it is setup correctly:


 * 1) Doubleclick the Wireless Network connection item on the Network Connections Dialog
 * 2) click on the View Wireless Networks button on the Wireless Network Connection Status dialog
 * 3) Refresh network List

You should see ZIPNET Connected in the Choose a Wireless network list