Introduction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wireless LAN

The Wireless LAN feature is not available on all

 

 

models. Where present, it supports the B and G

 

 

standard but it is compatible with other LAN

 

 

systems based on Direct Sequence Spread

 

 

Spectrum / Orthogonal Frequency Division

 

 

Multiplexing radio technology that complies with

 

 

the IEEE 802.11 Standard.

 

 

Automatic Transmit Rate Select mechanism in

 

 

the transmit range of 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12,

 

 

9 and 6 Mbit/s. (IEEE 802.11g)

 

 

Automatic Transmit Rate Select mechanism in

 

 

the transmit range of 11, 5.5, 2 and 1 Mbit/s.

 

 

(IEEE 802.11b)

 

 

Roaming over multiple channels

 

 

Card Power Management

 

 

Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) data

 

 

encryption, based on 128 bit encryption

 

 

algorithm.

 

 

Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) data

 

 

encryption, based on 128 bit encryption

 

 

algorithm.

 

Software

 

 

 

 

 

Operating System

Windows® XP Home Edition operating system

 

 

and TOSHIBA Utilities and drivers pre-installed

 

 

on the hard disk. Refer to the Software section at

 

 

the front of this chapter.

 

TOSHIBA Utilities

A number of utilities and drivers are pre-installed

 

 

to make your computer more convenient to use.

 

 

Refer to the Utilities section in this chapter.

 

Plug and Play

When you connect an external device to the

 

 

computer or when you install a component,

 

 

Plug and Play capability enables the system to

 

 

recognize the connection and make the

 

 

necessary configurations automatically.

Special features

The following features are either unique to TOSHIBA computers or are advanced features, which make the computer more convenient to use.

Please note that the descriptions for starting some special features are based on setting the Control Panel to Category View. On Classic view the description is different.

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