TipsforusingthewirelessLANfeature
•PlaceyourcomputersothatthereareasfewobstaclesaspossiblebetweenthewirelessLANaccess
pointandthecomputer.
•ForthebestconnectionofthewirelessLANfeature,openyourcomputerdisplaytoanangleofslightly
morethan90degrees.
•Ifyouusethewir elessfeature(the802.11standard)ofyourcomputersimultaneouslywithaBluetooth
option,datatransmissionspeedcanbedelayedandtheperformanceofthewirelessfeaturecanbe
degraded.
Wirelessnetworkingsetup
Tousethebuilt-inwirelessnetworkingcard(the802.11standard)tocommunicate,starttheAccess
Connectionsprogram.
Note:BeforeyoustartsettingupwirelessnetworkingconnectionsbyusingtheAccessConnections
program,obtainaNetworkName(SSID)andyourencryptioninformationfromyournetworkadministrator.
TheAccessConnectionspr ogram,aconnectivityassistantprogram,caneasilyenableonenetworkadapter
anddisabletheotheradaptersondemand.Aftersettingupyourwirelessnetworkingconnection,youcan
usetheprogramtoquicklyswitchthenetworksettings.
Wirelesssecurityfeatures
Advancesinwirelesstechnologyrequirethatwemanageyoursecuritymorereliablythanever .Therefore,
LenovohasextendeditsEmbeddedSecuritySubsystemcalledtheTrustedPlatformModule(TPM)to
encompassvirtuallyallofourThinkPadanddesktopcomputerlines.Thissecuritysubsystemhelpsprotect
data,hardware,networkaccessandcommunications,bothwiredandwireless,onselectThinkPadand
desktopPCs.
TheEmbeddedSecuritySubsystemprovideshardware-basedprotectionofcriticalsecurityinformation,
includingpasswords,encryptionkeys,andelectroniccredentials.Italsohelpsidentifycomputerusers
involvedintransactions,andhelpsestablishthatdatatransmissionsareauthentic,condentialandintact.
Forbothtypesofnetwork,theClientSecuritySolutionandTPMensuredatacondentialityandavailability
byprovidingahardware-andsoftware-basedarchitectureforbetterprotectionofthesensitivekeys,identity
information,andcondentialdata.Also,forwirelessnetworkstheTPMhardwareprovidesenhanced
authenticationandsessioncondentialitybyconcealingauthenticationcredentialsforindustry-standard
802.1xprotocolsandCiscoLEAP.
Note:ClientSecuritySolutionisnotpreinstalledonyoursystem.TodownloadClientSecuritySolution,
gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
Formoreinformationonwirelesssecurityofferings,clickthefollowinglink:
http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/think/thinkvantagetech/security.html
WirelessupgradeableThinkPadmodels
Yourcomputercanbewirelessupgradeable.Thismeansthatyourcomputerhasanantennathatcan
supportwirelessLANaccesswhenwirelessLANaccesspointsar eavailable.Wirelessdevicesareavailable
fromLenovo.Formoreinformation,refertoFindingThinkPadoptions.
UsingwirelessWANconnections
WirelessWideAreaNetwork(wir elessWAN)enablesyoutoestablishwirelessconnectionsoverremote
publicorprivatenetworks.Theseconnectionscanbemaintainedoveralargegeographicalarea,suchas
acityoranentirecountry,byuseofmultipleantennasitesorsatellitesystemsmaintainedbywireless
serviceproviders.
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