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Microsoft Windows Vista™. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
7 Setting Up and Using Networks
Connecting a Network or Broadband Modem Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Setting Up a Network in the Microsoft® Windows® XP Operating
System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Setting Up a Network in the Microsoft Windows Vista™ Operating
System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Wireless Local Area Network
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
What You Need to Establish a WLAN Connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Checking Your Wireless Network Card
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Setting Up a New WLAN Using a Wireless Router and a Broadband
Modem
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Connecting to a WLAN
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Mobile Broadband (or Wireless Wide Area Network)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
What You Need to Establish a Mobile Broadband Network
Connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Managing Your Network Settings Through the Dell QuickSet Location
Profiler
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Dell Wi-Fi Catcher™ Network Locator
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Microsoft
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Windows
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Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
8Using Cards
Card Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Card Blanks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
PC Cards
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
PC Card Blanks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Extended PC Cards
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Installing a PC Card or an ExpressCard
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Removing a PC Card or Blank
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Installing or Removing a Secure Digital (SD) Card
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57