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Wirelessconnections
Wirelessconnectionisthetransferofdatawithouttheuseofcablesbutbymeansofradiowavesonly.
IntheAirplanemode,allwirelessfeaturesaredisabled.TodisabletheAirplanemode,opentheStartmenu
andthenclickSettings.IfSettingsisnotdisplayed,clickAllappstodisplayallprograms,andthenclick
SettingsNetwork&InternetAirplanemode,andthenslidethecontroltotheleft.
Dependingonthewirelessdevicesinstalledonyourcomputer,youmightbeabletousethefollowing
wirelessnetworks:
Wireless-LANconnection
Wireless-WANconnection
Bluetoothconnection
Usingthewireless-LANconnection
Awirelesslocalareanetwork(LAN)coversarelativelysmallgeographicarea,suchasanofficebuildingora
house.Devicesbasedonthe802.11standardscanconnecttothistypeofnetwork.
Yourcomputercomeswithawirelessnetworkcardandaconfigurationutilitytohelpyouestablishwireless
connectionsandmonitortheconnectionstatus.Thisenablesyoutostayconnectedtoyournetworkwhile
youareattheoffice,inameetingroom,orathome,withnoneedforawiredconnection.
Toestablishawireless-LANconnection,dothefollowing:
1.Clickthewireless-network-connection-statusiconintheWindowsnotificationarea.Alistofavailable
wirelessnetworksisdisplayed.
2.Double-clickanetworktoconnecttoit.Providerequiredinformationifneeded.
Thecomputerautomaticallyconnectstoanavailablewirelessnetworkwhenthelocationchanges.Formore
information,refertotheWindowshelpinformationsystem.
TipsforusingthewirelessLANfeature
Toachievethebestconnection,usethefollowingguidelines:
PlaceyourcomputersothatthereareasfewobstaclesaspossiblebetweenthewirelessLANaccess
pointandthecomputer.
Openyourcomputerlidtoanangleofslightlymorethan90degrees.
Ifyouusethewirelessfeature(the802.11standards)ofyourcomputersimultaneouslywithaBluetooth
option,thedatatransmissionspeedcanbedelayedandtheperformanceofthewirelessfeaturecanbe
degraded.
UsingthewirelessWANconnection
WirelessWideAreaNetwork(wirelessWAN)whichusescellularnetworksfordatatransmission,enables
youtoestablishwirelessconnectionsoverremotepublicorprivatenetworks.Theseconnectionscanbe
maintainedoveralargegeographicalarea,suchasacityoranentirecountry,byuseofmultipleantenna
sitesorsatellitesystemsmaintainedbywirelessserviceproviders.
SomeThinkPadnotebookcomputerscomewithabuilt-inwirelessWANcardintegratedwithsomewireless
WANtechnologies,suchas1xEV-DO,HSPA,3G,GPRS,orLTE.Byusingthebuilt-inwirelessWANcardand
theconfigurationutilitythatcomeswithyourcomputer,youcanestablishwirelessWANconnectionsand
monitortheconnectionstatus.
Note:ThewirelessWANserviceisprovidedbyauthorizedserviceprovidersinsomecountries.
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