Examples:

If you want to activate your EDGE PC Card when the laptop is booted, so that it

 

is ready to make a connection and send/receive SMS:

 

- Set Preferences Miscellaneous Run this program when Windows Starts.

If you want your EDGE PC Card to be available and a GPRS internet connection to be automatically established when you boot your laptop:

-Set Preferences Miscellaneous Run this program when Windows Starts.

-Set Preferences GPRS Connections Establish GPRS Connection At Startup.

-Select the GPRS connection required.

If you remove the EDGE PC Card during usage and want it to be automatically reactivated when you re-insert it:

-Set Preferences Miscellaneous Allow this program to run in the background.

Note: If you have Establish GPRS connection at Startup set, then the connection will also be automatically established when you insert the card.

If you want to start the laptop with the EDGE PC Card removed and have it automatically activated when it is later inserted:

-Set Preferences Miscellaneous Run this program when Windows Starts.

-Set Preferences Miscellaneous Allow this program to run in the background.

Windows Log on Using GPRS/EDGE Dial-up Connection

The EDGE PC Card supports the Windows Log on using dial-up connection feature.

To log on to Windows using a dial-up connection the EDGE PC Card must be inserted and the radio enabled before you log on. To enable the radio prior to logon, select Enable radio immediately when card inserted checkbox in the Radio Power preferences tab, see Radio Power Tab on page 15 for more details.

Important!

Never start your PC in this mode if you are in a location where mobile devices shouldn’t be used, for example, on an aeroplane, in hospital or near a blast site.

Only check this option if you need to log on to a Windows Domain via a wireless dial-up connection. This will permit the EDGE PC Card to register with the network and establish a connection when the Windows logon screen is displayed.

Note:

It is not possible to display network status or signal strength during the Windows logon procedure, so you should allow enough time for the EDGE PC Card to find and register with the wireless network prior to attempting to log on.

The dial-up connections available to the Windows Logon must have been created by a user account with Administrator privilege and designated For all users. This must be done using the Windows Network Connection Wizard, because the Wireless Manager can only create connections for the current user ID.

Normally the Windows Logon using dial-up connection will be using a CSD session to a corporate network, so that the logon credentials can be validated by a Windows Domain Server.

Start Using Wireless Manager

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