Dell PP12S 6 Securing Y our T ablet-PC

6Contents
What You Need to Establish a WLAN Connection . 101
Checking Your Wireless Network Adapter . . . . . 101
Setting Up a New WLAN Using a
Wireless Router and a Broadband Modem . . . . 102
Connecting to a WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Mobile Broadband/Wireless
Wide Area Network (WWAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
What You Need to Establish a
Mobile Broadband Network Connection . . . . . . 105
Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card . . . . 106
Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network . . . 107
Enabling/Disabling the
Dell Mobile Broadband Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Managing Your Network Settings
Through the Dell QuickSet Location Profiler . . . . 108
Dell Wi-Fi Catcher™ Network Locator . . . . . . . . . 109
Microsoft®Windows® Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
6 Securing Your Tablet-PC . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Security Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Smart Cards and Biometric Readers . . . . . . . . . . 111
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
About Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Using a Primary (or System) Password . . . . . . 113
Using an Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . 114
Using a Hard Drive Password . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Trusted Platform Module (TPM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Enabling the TPM Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Security Management Software . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
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