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Disabling/Enabling Wireless Communication
<Only for model with wireless LAN, Bluetooth, and/or wireless WAN>
There are three ways of disabling and enabling wireless communication.
z The wireless switch on the front side of the computer (below)
z Wireless Switch Utility (Î page 50)
z Settings in the [Advanced] menu of the Setup Utility (Î page 65)
NOTE
z For further information about wireless LAN: Î page 53
z For further information about Bluetooth: Î page 57
z For further information about wireless WAN: Refer to the instruction manual of the wireless device.
z The wireless communication is also enabled or disabled by connecting or disconnecting the LAN cable. (Î page 51)
To disable all wireless communication
1 Slide the wireless switch (A) to OFF.
NOTE
z If you uninstall the Wireless Switch Utility, set the wireless switch to ON.
z Do not turn on/off the switch repeatedly at too short intervals.
z Do not restart, log off, or enter standby or hibernation immediately after turning on/off the switch.
z Do not turn on/off the switch while Windows is starting up.
z To use wireless communication, set the wireless devices ([Wireless LAN] / [Bluetooth] / [Wireless WAN]) to [Enable]
(default) in the [Advanced] menu of the Setup Utility (Î page 65).
z When you set [Wireless Switch] to [Disable] in the [Advanced] menu of the Setup Utility (Î page 65), the Wireless
Switch Utility icon will not appear in the notification area. All wireless equipment (wireless LAN, Bluetooth, wireless
WAN) will remain ready irrespective of the wireless switch setting.
z It may take some time to turn off wireless communication after switching the wireless switch off.
z If the IEEE802.11a setting is changed in [Device Manager] (Î page 55), the display will be changed accordingly.
z You can check the wireless LAN communication status in Intel
®
PROSet/Wireless Software. Perform either of the fol-
lowing procedures.
• Double-click , , , or on the notification area.
• Click [start] - [All Programs] - [Intel PROSet Wireless] - [Intel PROSet Wireless].
The Wireless Switch
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