Dell 6400 - Page 6

6 Contents
8 Setting Up a Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Physically Connecting to a Network or Broadband Modem . . . . . . . . . . 69
Network Setup Wizard
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
What You Need to Establish a WLAN Connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Checking Your Wireless Network Card
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Setting Up a New WLAN
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Connecting to a Wireless Local Area Network
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Enabling/Disabling the Wireless Network Card
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Monitoring the Status of Wireless Network Connections Through
Dell™ QuickSet
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Mobile Broadband or Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN)
. . . . . . . . . 74
What You Need to Establish a Mobile Broadband Network
Connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
9 Securing Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Security Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Passwords
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Computer Tracking Software
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
If Your Computer Is Lost or Stolen
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
10 Solving Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Dell Support Utility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Accessing the Dell Support Utility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Clicking the Dell Support Icon
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Double-Clicking the Dell Support Icon
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Drive Problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
CD and DVD drive problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
If you cannot eject the CD, CD-RW, DVD, or DVD+RW drive tray
. . . . . 83
If you hear an unfamiliar scraping or grinding sound
. . . . . . . . . . . 84
Hard drive problems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84