Contents

9 Using the Wireless LAN

Getting Acquainted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–1 Learning the Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–2 Getting Started with the Wireless LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–3 Powering the WLAN On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–3 Automatically Connecting to a Network . . . . . . . . . . 9–4 Manually Entering New Network Settings . . . . . . . . 9–5 Searching for Networks to Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–6 Managing Wireless Network Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–7 Viewing or Editing a Wireless Network . . . . . . . . . . 9–7 Deleting a Wireless Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–7 Monitoring Signal Strength and Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–8 Working with Network Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–9 Looking Up an IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–9 Changing TCP/IP Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–10 Changing DNS and WINS Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–11 Setting Up VPN Server Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . 9–12 Changing VPN Server Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–12 Starting VPN Server Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–14 Setting Up Proxy Server Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–14 WLAN Security Protocol Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–15 802.1X Certificate Enroller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–15 LEAP Registration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–16

10Troubleshooting

Common Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10–1

ActiveSync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10–5

Expansion Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10–7

Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10–8

Wireless LAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10–10

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