CHAPTER 6: Traveling with Your Notebook

Packing your notebook

•Remove all peripheral devices and cables. Remember to pack those you will need while traveling.

•Pack your notebook securely into a briefcase or hand-carried luggage, and keep it separate from toiletries, liquids, and food. Do not pack it in checked luggage.

•Keep your notebook stable during travel. Secure it to prevent it from sliding around in overhead bins and car trunks.

Traveling by air

•Do not check your notebook as luggage.

•Charge the battery in case airport security asks you to start your notebook.

•Have your notebook hand-inspected or sent through the X-ray scanner, but never carry it through the metal detector.

•Turn off you notebook for takeoff and landing.

•Turn off all wireless devices while in the aircraft.

Dial-up modem

•Take a telephone cord to connect the modem to telephone jacks.Ifyouaretraveling internationally,take telephone jack adapters or an acoustic handset coupler.

•Take a telephone line protector.

•Take a telephone line tester to check for unsafe lines, especially if you are traveling internationally.

•Take remote access information with you so you can connect to your ISP while outside of your usual calling area. A list of country dialing codes may be especially useful if you are traveling internationally.

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