OPERATING BASICS

User's Manual

Security

Two advanced security mechanisms ensure a high level of security:

Authentication prevents access to critical data and makes it impossible to falsify the origin of a message.

Encryption prevents eavesdropping and maintains link privacy.

Wireless communication switch

You can enable or disable wireless LAN and Bluetooth functions, with the on/off switch. No transmissions are sent or received when the switch is off. Slide the switch toward the back of the computer to turn it on and toward the front of the computer to turn it off.

CAUTION: Set the switch to off in airplanes and hospitals. Check the LED. It will stop glowing when the wireless communication function is off.

Wireless communication LED

The LED indicates the status of the wireless communication functions.

LEDstatus

Indication

 

 

LEDoff

Wireless communication switch is set to off.

 

Automatic power down because of overheating.

 

Powermalfunction

LEDglows

Wireless communication switch is on.

 

Wireless LAN and/or Bluetooth is turned on by an

 

application.

If you used the Task Tray icon to disable W-LAN, restart the computer or follow the procedures below to enable the system to recognize W-LAN. Open or click the following: Start, Setup, Control Panel, System, Device Manager and Renew.

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