Dell TM373, PP06XA owner manual Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card

What You Need to Establish a Mobile Broadband Network Connection

NOTE: Depending on your computer, you can use either a Mobile Broadband ExpressCard or Mini Card, but not both, to establish a Mobile Broadband network connection.

To set up a Mobile Broadband network connection, you need:

•A Mobile Broadband ExpressCard or Mini Card (depending on your computer’s configuration)

NOTE: For instructions on using ExpressCards, see "ExpressCards" on page 85.

•An activated Mobile Broadband ExpressCard or activated Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) for your service provider

•The Dell Mobile Broadband Card Utility (already installed on your computer if you purchased the card when you purchased your computer, or on the media that accompanied your card if purchased separately from your computer)

If the utility is corrupted or deleted from your computer, see the Dell Mobile

Broadband Card Utility user’s guide in Windows Help and Support (click Start , and then click Help and Support) or on the media that accompanied your card if you purchased it separately from your computer.

Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card

Depending on what you selected when you purchased your computer, the computer has a variety of configurations. To determine your computer configuration, see one of the following:

•Your order confirmation

•Microsoft Windows Help and Support

To check your Mobile Broadband card in Windows Help and Support:

1Click Start →Help and Support→Use Tools to view your computer information and diagnose problems.

2Under Tools, click My Computer Information→Find information about the hardware installed on this computer.

On the My Computer Information - Hardware screen, you can view the type of Mobile Broadband card installed in your computer as well as other hardware components.

NOTE: The Mobile Broadband card is listed under Modems.

Setting Up and Using Networks

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