User's Manual

26 Setting Up Wireless Connections Chapter 2 Using Your XSLATE R12 Tablet
Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network
Important: Before you can connect to a mobile broadband network, you must have an active
account with a cellular network provider and a SIM card in your tablet for mobile broadband
access.
Inserting a SIM Card
1. If you don’t have a SIM card in your tablet already, turn off the tablet.
2. Insert a SIM card into the SIM card sl
ot on the right side of the tablet.
See I
NSERTING AND REMOVING A SIM CARD on page 52 for details about inserting a SIM
card.
After inserting the SIM card, the mobile broadband det
ects the SIM from your provider
and automatically configures the mobile broadband for use on your cellular network.
Setting Up Mobile Broadband
With the SIM card and an active account with a cellular network provider, you can connect to a
mobile broadband network.
1. Open the Tablet Center by tapping the icon.
2.
Tap Wireless Settings on the Tablet Center screen.
The Windows Network & Internet menu opens.
3. Tap C
ellular in the left pane if is it not already highlighted.
Your provider
appears here.
4. Tap your mobile broadband provider.
Tap your provider.
5. If you want to connect automaticall
y in the future, select the Connect automatically
check box.
Wireless Settings