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3 Connecting to a network

Your computer can travel with you wherever you go. But even at home, you can explore the globe and access

information from millions of websites using your computer and a wired or wireless network connection. This

chapter will help you get connected to that world.

Connecting to a wireless network

Your computer may be equipped with one or more of the following wireless devices:

● WLAN device—Connects the computer to wireless local area networks (commonly referred to as Wi-Fi

networks, wireless LANs, or WLANs) in corporate oices, your home, and public places such as airports,

restaurants, coee shops, hotels, and universities. In a WLAN, the mobile wireless device in your

computer communicates with a wireless router or a wireless access point.

● HP Mobile Broadband Module—Gives you wireless connectivity over a wireless wide area network

(WWAN), a much larger area. Mobile network operators install base stations (similar to cell phone

towers) throughout large geographic areas, eectively providing coverage across entire states, regions,

or even countries.

● Bluetooth® device—Creates a personal area network (PAN) to connect to other Bluetooth-enabled

devices such as computers, phones, printers, headsets, speakers, and cameras. In a PAN, each device

communicates directly with other devices, and devices must be relatively close together—typically

within 10 meters (approximately 33 feet) of each other.

Using the wireless controls

You can control the wireless devices in your computer using one or more of these features:

● Airplane mode key (also called wireless button or wireless key) (referred to in this chapter as airplane

mode key)

● Operating system controls

Airplane mode key

The computer may have an airplane mode key, one or more wireless devices, and one or two wireless lights.

All the wireless devices on your computer are enabled at the factory.

The wireless light indicates the overall power state of your wireless devices, not the status of individual

devices.

Operating system controls

The Network and Sharing Center allows you to set up a connection or network, connect to a network, and

diagnose and repair network problems.

To use operating system controls:

▲ On the taskbar, right-click the network status icon, and then select Open Network & Internet Settings.

‒ or –

▲ On the taskbar, select the network status icon, and then select Network and Sharing Center.

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