Note:YoucanpurchaseawirelessnetworkcardasanoptionfromLenovoat
http://www.lenovo.com/accessories/services/index.html.
TipsforusingthewirelessLANfeature
•PlaceyourcomputersothatthereareasfewobstaclesaspossiblebetweenthewirelessLANaccess
pointandthecomputer.
•Toachievethebestwirelessconnection,openyourcomputerdisplaytoanangleslightlygreaterthan
90degrees.
•Ifyouusethewirelessfeature(the802.11standard)ofyourcomputersimultaneouslywithaBluetooth
option,datatransmissionspeedcanbedelayedandtheperformanceofthewirelessfeaturecanbe
degraded.
Wirelessnetworksetup
Tousethebuilt-inwirelessnetworkcard(the802.11standard)tocommunicate,starttheAccessConnections
program.See“AccessingThinkVantageprogramsontheWindows7operatingsystem”onpage12.
Note:BeforeyoustartsettingupwirelessnetworkconnectionsbyusingtheAccessConnectionsprogram,
obtainaNetworkName(SSID)andyourencryptioninformationfromyournetworkadministrator.
AccessConnections,aconnectivityassistantprogram,caneasilyenableonenetworkcardanddisablethe
othercardsondemand.Aftersettingupyourwirelessnetworkingconnection,youcanusetheprogram
toquicklyswitchthenetworksettings.
EstablishingwirelessWANconnections
WirelessWideAreaNetwork(wirelessWAN)enablesyoutoestablishwirelessconnectionsoverremote
publicorprivatenetworks.Theseconnectionscanbemaintainedoveralargegeographicalarea,suchas
acityoranentirecountry,byuseofmultipleantennasitesorsatellitesystemsmaintainedbywireless
serviceproviders.
SomeThinkPadnotebookcomputerscomewithabuilt-inwirelessWANcardintegratingsomewirelessWAN
technologies,suchas1xEV-DO,CDMA,HSPA,HSPA+,3GorGPRS.YoucanconnecttotheInternetor
yourcompanynetworkwiththebuilt-inwirelessWANcardandthecongurationutilitytomakeawireless
WANconnectionandmonitoritsstatus.
Note:WirelessWANserviceisprovidedbyauthorizedserviceprovidersinsomecountries.
TolocatethewirelessWANantennaonyourcomputer,see“LocationoftheUltraConnectwirelessantennas”
onpage128
.
TousethewirelessWANfeature,starttheAccessConnectionsprogram.Forinformationonhowtostart
theAccessConnectionsprogram,see“AccessingThinkVantageprogramsontheWindows7operating
system”onpage12.
UsingBluetooth
IfyourcomputerisequippedwiththeintegratedBluetoothfeature,youcanenableordisablethefeature
bypressingF9.WhenyoupressF9,alistofwirelessfeaturesisdisplayed.Youcanenableordisable
theBluetoothfeaturewithasingleclick.
TocongureaBluetoothdeviceormanageconnectionsettings,useBluetoothDevicesinControlPanel.
1.ClickStart➙ControlPanel.
2.ClickHardwareandSound.
3.ClickDevicesandPrinters.
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