Operation Manual

TheEthernetextensionadapterhastwoindicatorsthatshowthestatusofthenetworkconnection.Whenthe

upper-leftindicatorissolidgreen,itindicatesthatthecomputerconnectstoaLANandasessionwiththe

networkisavailable.Whentheupper-rightindicatorblinksyellow,itindicatesthatdataisbeingtransmitted.

Wirelessconnections

Wirelessconnectionisthetransferofdatawithouttheuseofcablesbutbymeansofradiowavesonly.

Attention:

•Ifyouwanttousethewirelessfeaturesonanairplane,checkthewirelessserviceswiththeairlinebefore

boardingtheairplane.

•Iftherearerestrictionsontheuseofcomputerwirelessfeaturesonanairplane,youneedtodisablethe

wirelessfeaturesofyourcomputerbeforeboarding.

Dependingonthewirelessdevicesinstalledonyourcomputer,youmightbeabletousethefollowing

wirelessnetworks:

•WirelessLANconnection

•WirelessWANconnection

•Bluetoothconnection

•NFCconnection

UsingthewirelessLANconnection

AwirelessLANcoversarelativelysmallgeographicarea,suchasanofﬁcebuildingorahouse.Devices

basedonthe802.11standardscanconnecttothistypeofnetwork.

Yourcomputercomeswithabuilt-inwirelessnetworkcardandaconﬁgurationutilitytohelpyouestablish

wirelessconnectionsandmonitortheconnectionstatus.Thisenablesyoutostayconnectedtoyournetwork

whileyouareattheofﬁce,inameetingroom,orathome,withnoneedforawiredconnection.

ToestablishawirelessLANconnection,dothefollowing:

ForWindows8.1:

1.TapthewirelessiconintheFunctionmodetoenablethewirelessfeatures.Formoreinformationon

howtodisplaytheFunctionmode,see“AdaptiveKeysoverview”onpage24.

2.Dooneofthefollowing:

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