Operation Manual

Connectingtothenetwork
YourcomputerhasoneormorenetworkadaptersforconnectingtotheInternetandtoyourcompany's
wiredLANorwirelessLANnetwork.
Note:Somemodelscomewithabuilt-inwirelessWANcardenablingyoutoestablishwirelessconnections
overremotepublicorprivatenetworks.
AccessConnectionsisaconnectivityassistantprogramforcreatingandmanaginglocationproles.Each
locationprolestoresallthenetworkandInternetcongurationsettingsneededforconnectingtoanetwork
infrastructurefromaspeciclocationsuchasahomeoranofce.
Note:AccessConnectionsdoesnotsupportconnectiontowirelessWANnetworkinChina.
Ethernetconnections
Youcanconnecttoyournetworkorabroadbandconnection,suchasDSLorCATV,byuseoftheEthernet
featurebuiltintoyourcomputer.Thisfeatureenablesyoutodo1Gbpshalforfullduplexdatatransmission.
ToconnecttoanetworkviaEthernet,youcanuseAccessConnections.
DANGER
YourcomputerhasanEthernetconnector.T oavoidtheriskofelectricalshock,donotconnect
thetelephonecabletotheEthernetconnector.
Wirelessconnections
Wirelessconnectionisthetransferofdatawithouttheuseofcablesbymeansofradiowavesonly.
Dependingonthefrequencyusedfordatatransmission,theareacovered,orthetypeofthedeviceusedfor
datatransfer,thefollowingcategoriesofwirelessnetworksmaybeavailabletoyou:
WirelessLAN
Awirelesslocalareanetworkcoversarelativelysmallgeographicarea,suchasanofcebuildingorahouse.
Devicesbasedonthe802.11standardscanconnecttothisnetwork.
WirelessWAN
Awirelesswideareanetworkcoversabroadergeographicarea.Cellularnetworksareusedfordata
transmission,andaccessisprovidedbyawirelessservicecarrier.
Bluetooth
Oneofanumberoftechnologiesusedtocreateawirelesspersonalareanetwork.Bluetoothcanconnect
devicesashortdistancefromoneanother,andiscommonlyusedforconnectingperipheraldevicestoa
computer,transferringdatabetweenhand-helddevicesandPC,orremotelycontrollingandcommunicating
withdevicessuchasmobilephones.
WiMAX(WorldwideInteroperabilityforMicrowaveAccess)
Thislong-rangewirelessdatatransmissiontechnologybasedonthe802.16standard,isexpectedtoprovide
theusera“lastmile”broadbandconnectivitysimilartothatprovidedbycableorADSL,butwithouttheneed
tophysicallyconnectacabletothePC.
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