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Exploring Your Computer’s Features

An overview of using the Internet

Your system may come with an optional wireless LAN module. This is a technology that expands wireless communication beyond networking equipment, and can connect many different kinds of electronic devices without the need for cables.

For information on how to set up a wireless connection, refer to your wireless networking device documentation or your network administrator.

To use your wireless communication, slide the wireless on/off switch to the On position.

NOTE

When the Wi-Fi antenna switch is on, the wireless indicator

 

light will be lit.

For help with common Wi-Fi®networking problems, see “Wireless networking problems” on page 217.

An overview of using the Internet

The following sections give a quick introduction to the Internet and some of its exciting features, under these headings:

The Internet

The World Wide Web

Internet Service Providers

Connecting to the Internet

Surfing the Internet

Internet features

Uploading to, and downloading files from, the Internet