How to find different network connections

This simple article explains how to find all the network connections within your area.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Windows XP computer
• Some sort of network connection

1. 
   screen

   Click on the icon which looks like a screen in your icon tray.

2. 
   window

   Once the icon was clicked, you are presented with a window which allows you to pick your connection.

3. 
   connect button

   Once you find your connection, click the connect button at the bottom of the window.

4. 
   type of connection

   You can see what type of connection by looking at the icon similar to this...

5. 
   refresh

   You can refresh of the connection list by clicking the refresh button.

6. 
   lock

   you know that the connection is secure if you see something that looks like a lock, like this...

Tips & Warnings

• If you see no connections in the list, another program may be running the connection search.
• If you do switch the connections you may lose an Internet connection for a moment.