Owner's Manual

NOTE: Click Apply or OK after you change any of the settings for the change to take effect.
NOTE: You must have system or administrator rights to be able to lock or unlock a profile.
To start using the utility, right-click the utility icon
, and then click Open Utility. If the utility icon is not available in the
notification area, click the Start button, click Control Panel (Classic View), and then click DW WLAN Card Utility.
To create a network connection profile:
• Click the Add arrow, and then click either Use Wizard (basic network) (see
Connecting to a Basic Network or
Creating an Ad Hoc Network Using Wireless Network Wizard) or Use Utility (advanced network) (see Connecting to
an Advanced Network or Creating an Ad Hoc Network Using DW WLAN Card Utility and Creating Advanced Network
Connection Profiles).
To edit or remove a network connection profile:
• Right-click the network name, and then click either Edit or Remove.
-or-
• Click the network name, and then press the DELETE key.
To change the order in which profiles are listed under Preferred network connections:
• Click the network name, and then click either Up or Down.
To connect to any listed network without changing its order in the list:
• Right-click the network name, and then click Connect.
To disable/enable the radio:
• To disable the radio, clear the Enable radio check box. To enable the radio, select the Enable radio check box.
To select the type of network to access:
• Click Options, and then click the option you prefer.
Options include the following:
• Any available network (access point preferred)
• Access point (infrastructure) networks
• Computer-to-computer (ad hoc) networks only
To automatically connect to non-preferred networks:
• Click Options, and then select the Automatically connect to non-preferred networks check box.
To lock or unlock a preferred network connection profile:
• Right-click the network name, and then click Lock or Unlock, as appropriate.
To save your wireless network connection profiles to a WPN file:
• Click the Options arrow, and then click Export (see
Saving Preferred Network Connection Profiles to a File).