HP X1005EA Infrared, Turning a Network Connection Off and On, Accessing the Network at Startup

Communications

Turning a Network Connection Off and On

To conserve power, turn off a network connection you are not using.

■To turn off a network connection, log off the network, then disconnect the network cable.

■To turn on a network connection, connect the network cable, then log on to the network.

Accessing the Network at Startup

To connect the notebook to a PXE (Preboot eXecution Environment) server during startup, you must enable the internal NIC for startup, then respond to the Network Service Boot prompt each time you want to connect to the server.

■To enable the NIC for startup and set the notebook to display the Network Service Boot prompt each time the notebook is started or restarted, set your preferences in the Setup utility.

The Setup utility is not a Windows utility and does not support the TouchPad. For more information about using the Setup utility, refer to the “Using the Setup Utility” section in Chapter 9 of this guide.

■To respond to the Network Service Boot prompt, press F12 while the prompt F12 = Boot from LAN appears very briefly in the lower left corner of the screen before Windows loads.

Infrared

The notebook is IrDA-compliant and can communicate with another infrared-equipped device that is also IrDA-compliant. The IrDA connection speed standard is 4 megabits per second (Mbps).

The infrared port supports low-speed connections up to

115 kilobits per second (Kbps) as well as high-speed connections up to 4 Mbps.

7–12 Startup and Reference Guide—Part 2