Note:BeforeyoustartsettingupwirelessnetworkingconnectionsbyusingAccessConnections,obtaina
NetworkName(SSID)andyourencryptioninformationfromyournetworkadministrator.
AccessConnections,aconnectivityassistantprogram,caneasilyenableonenetworkadapteranddisable
theotheradaptersondemand.Aftersettingupyourwirelessnetworkingconnection,youcanusethe
programtoquicklyswitchthenetworksettings.
WirelessupgradeableThinkPadmodels
Yourcomputercanbewirelessupgradeable.Thismeansthatyourcomputerhasanantennathatcan
supportwirelessLANaccesswhenwirelessLANaccesspointsareavailable.Wirelessdevicesareavailable
fromLenovo.Formoreinformation,referto“FindingThinkPadoptions”onpage149.
UsingwirelessWANconnections
WirelessWideAreaNetwork(wirelessWAN)enablesyoutoestablishwirelessconnectionsoverremote
publicorprivatenetworks.Theseconnectionscanbemaintainedoveralargegeographicalarea,suchas
acityoranentirecountry,byuseofmultipleantennasitesorsatellitesystemsmaintainedbywireless
serviceproviders.
SomeThinkPadnotebookscomewithabuilt-inwir elessWANcardintegratingsomewirelessWAN
technologies,suchas1xEV-DO,HSPA,3GorGPRS.YoucanconnecttotheInternetoryourcompany
networkwiththebuilt-inwirelessWANcardandthecongurationutilitytomakeawirelessWANconnection
andmonitoritsstatus.
Note:WirelessWANserviceisprovidedbyauthorizedserviceprovidersinsomecountries.
TondthelocationofthewirelessWANantennaonyourcomputer,referto“LocationoftheUltraConnect
wirelessantennas”onpage238.
TousethewirelessWANfeature,startAccessConnections.
UsingBluetooth
ForWindows7andWindowsVista
IfyourcomputerisequippedwiththeIntegratedBluetoothfeatures,youcanenableordisablethefeatures
bypressingFn+F5.IfyoupressFn+F5,alistofwirelessfeaturesisdisplayed.Youcanenableordisablethe
Bluetoothfeatureswithasingleclick.
TocongureaBluetoothdeviceormanageconnectionsettings,youcanuseBluetoothDevicesinControl
Panel.
1.ClickStart➙ControlPanel.
2.ClickHardwareandSound.
3.ClickDevicesandPrinters(inWindowsVista,Bluet oothDevices).
TosenddatatoaBluetooth-enableddevice,doasfollows:
1.Right-clickdatathatyouwanttosend.
2.SelectSendT o➙BluetoothDevices.
Fordetails,refertotheWindowsonlinehelp.
Note:Ifyouusethewirelessfeature(the802.11standard)ofyourcomputersimultaneouslywithaBluetooth
option,datatransmissionspeedcanbedelayedandtheperformanceofthewirelessfeaturecanbe
degraded.
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