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Using an External Monitor as Your Primary Display: Swapping
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Using the Ambient Light Sensor .
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Setting Up and Using Networks
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Setting Up a Network in Microsoft Windows XP . . .
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Setting Up a Network in Microsoft Windows V i sta®
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What You Need to Establish a WLAN Connection
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Checking Your Wireless Network Card . . . . . .
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Setting Up a New WLAN Using a Wireless Router and a
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Connecting to a WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Monitoring the Status of Wireless Network Connections
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Mobile Broadband or Wireless Wide Area Network (WW AN) . . . . . . . . . 54
What You Need to Establish a Mobile Broadband
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Checking Your Mobile Broadband Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Enabling/Disabling the Dell Mobile Broadband Network Card . . . . . . . 55
Managing Your Network Settings Through the
Dell QuickSet Location Profiler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Dell™ Wi-Fi Catcher™ Network Locator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Internet Connection Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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Card Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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