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3Connecting to a network
Your computer can travel with you wherever you go. But even at home, you can explore the globe and access information from millions of websites using your computer and a wired or wireless network connection. This chapter will help you get connected to that world.
Connecting to a wireless network
Your computer may be equipped with one or more of the following wireless devices:
●WLAN
●HP Mobile Broadband
●Bluetooth
For more information about wireless technology, the Internet, and networking, see the information and website links provided in Help and Support.
▲From the Start screen, type help, and then select Help and Support.
‒ or –
From the Windows desktop, click the question mark icon in the notification area, at the far right of the taskbar.
Using the wireless controls
You can control the wireless devices in your computer using one or more of these features:
●Wireless button or wireless key (also called the airplane mode key) (referred to in this chapter as the wireless button)
●Operating system controls
Wireless button
The computer has a wireless button, one or more wireless devices, and, on select models, one or two wireless lights. All the wireless devices on your computer are enabled at the factory. If your computer has a wireless light, the wireless light is on (white) when your computer is on.
The wireless light indicates the overall power state of your wireless devices, not the status of individual devices. If the wireless light is white, at least one wireless device is on. If the wireless light is off, all wireless devices are off.
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