Auto Configuration
Windows XP Wireless Auto
Configuration, enabled
through the Wireless Zero
Configuration service,
provides a way to
automate the
configuration of the
settings for wireless
networks. When your
wireless network adapter,
whose driver supports
Wireless Auto
Configuration, scans for
wireless networks, the
names of the found
wireless networks are
passed to Wireless Auto
Configuration. Windows
XP maintains a list of
preferred wireless
networks. Windows XP
tries to match a found
wireless network to the
preferred networks list in
the order of preference. If
a network name is found,
Windows XP uses the
settings of the wireless
network to attempt a
connection. If a network
name is not found,
Windows XP prompts you
with a notification bar
message, asking you
whether or not you want
to connect to one of the
found wireless networks.
For home or small office
wireless networks, you
will use Wireless Auto
Configuration to discover
your wireless network, but
because the default
configuration for a
wireless network is to use
WEP and automatically
determine the WEP key,
you will have to manually
configure the settings for
your wireless network.
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