Contents
Hardware and Software Guide vii
11 Wireless (Select Models Only)
Wireless Local Area Network (Select
Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–4
Connecting Your Wireless Notebook to
a Corporate WLAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–5
Connecting Your Wireless Notebook to
a Public WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–5
Setting Up a WLAN in Your Home . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–6
Using a WLAN Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–7
Using Wireless Security Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–8
Installing Wireless Software (Optional) . . . . . . . . . 11–8
Troubleshooting Wireless Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–10
Bluetooth (Select Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–11
Device Power States. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–13
Turning On the Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–15
Turning Off and Disabling the Devices . . . . . . . . 11–16
Infrared Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–17
Setting Up an Infrared Transmission . . . . . . . . . . 11–18
Using Standby with Infrared. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–18
Mobile Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–19
12 Security
Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12–1
Security Preferences in Computer Setup . . . . . . . . . . . 12–4
Passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12–4
HP and Windows Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12–5
HP and Windows Password Guidelines . . . . . . . . . 12–6
HP Administrator Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12–7
Setting HP Administrator Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . 12–8
Entering HP Administrator Passwords . . . . . . . . . . 12–9
Power-On Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12–9
Setting a Power-On Password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12–9
Entering a Power-On Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12–10
Requiring a Power-On Password at Restart . . . . . 12–11