Table of contents

1 Notebook tour

 

Identifying hardware .............................................................................................................................

1

Components .........................................................................................................................................

2

Top components ..................................................................................................................

2

TouchPad ............................................................................................................

2

TouchPad buttons ...............................................................................................

2

Lights ...................................................................................................................

3

Button .................................................................................................................

4

Keys ....................................................................................................................

5

Front components ................................................................................................................

6

Right-side components ........................................................................................................

6

Left-side components ..........................................................................................................

7

Bottom components .............................................................................................................

8

Display components ............................................................................................................

9

Wireless antennas ...............................................................................................................

9

Additional hardware components ......................................................................................

10

Labels .................................................................................................................................................

11

2 Using Instant On Software (select models only)

 

3 Wireless and local area network

 

Using wireless devices .......................................................................................................................

13

Identifying wireless and network status icons ....................................................................

13

Using the wireless controls ................................................................................................

14

Using the wireless key .......................................................................................................

14

Using Wireless Assistant software .....................................................................................

15

Using operating system controls ........................................................................................

15

Using a WLAN ....................................................................................................................................

16

Setting up a WLAN ............................................................................................................

16

Protecting your WLAN .......................................................................................................

16

Connecting to a WLAN ......................................................................................................

17

Roaming to another network ..............................................................................................

18

Using Bluetooth wireless devices .......................................................................................................

19

Bluetooth and Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) .............................................................

19

Troubleshooting wireless connection problems .................................................................................

20

Cannot connect to a preferred network .............................................................................

20

Network icon for WLAN is not displayed ............................................................................

20

Current WLAN network security codes are unavailable ....................................................

20

WLAN connection is very weak .........................................................................................

21

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