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Microsoft® Windows® XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Windows Vista® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Using an External Monitor as Your Primary Display: Swapping
Primary and Secondary Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Microsoft® Windows® XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Windows Vista® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Using the Ambient Light Sensor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
7 Setting Up and Using Networks
Connecting a Network or Broadband Modem Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Setting Up a Network in Microsoft Windows XP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Setting Up a Network in Microsoft Windows Vista® . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
What You Need to Establish a WLAN Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Checking Your Wireless Network Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Setting Up a New WLAN Using a Wireless Router and a
Broadband Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Connecting to a WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Monitoring the Status of Wireless Network Connections
Through Dell™ QuickSet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Mobile Broadband or Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN). . . . . . . . . 54
What You Need to Establish a Mobile Broadband
Network Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Checking Your Mobile Broadband Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Enabling/Disabling the Dell Mobile Broadband Network Card. . . . . . . 55
Managing Your Network Settings Through the
Dell QuickSet Location Profiler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Dell™ Wi-Fi Catcher™ Network Locator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Internet Connection Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
8Using Cards
Card Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59