ThinkPad T470 - Using the Wireless-WAN Connection; Using the Bluetooth Connection

Usingthewireless-WANconnection
Wirelesswideareanetwork(WAN),whichusescellularnetworksfordatatransmission,enablesyou
toestablishwirelessconnectionsoverremotepublicorprivatenetworks.Theseconnectionscanbe
maintainedoveralargegeographicalareabyuseofmultipleantennasitesorsatellitesystemsmaintained
bywirelessserviceproviders.
SomeThinkPadnotebookcomputerscomewithawireless-WANcardinstalled,whichprovidessome
wireless-WANtechnologies,suchas1xEV-DO,HSPA,3G,GPRS,orLTE.Byusingthewireless-WAN
card,youcanestablishwireless-WANconnections.
Note:Thewireless-WANserviceisprovidedbyauthorizedserviceprovidersinsomecountriesorregions.
Tipsforusingthewireless-WANfeature
Toachievethebestconnection,usethefollowingguidelines:
•Keepyourcomputerawayfromyourbody.
•Placeyourcomputeronaflatsurfaceandopenyourcomputerdisplaytoanangleofslightlymore
than90degrees.
•Placeyourcomputerawayfromconcreteorbrickwallsthatmightdampencellularsignals.
•Bestreceptionisavailablenearwindowsandotherlocationswherecellularphonereceptionisthe
strongest.
Checkingthewireless-WANconnectionstatus
Youcancheckthewireless-WANconnectionstatusthroughthewireless-network-connection-statusiconin
theWindowsnotificationarea.Themorebarsencompassed,thebetterthesignalis.
FortheWindows7operatingsystem,youalsocancheckthewireless-WANconnectionstatusthroughthe
AccessConnectionsgaugeintheWindowsnotificationarea.Themorebarsencompassed,thebetter
thesignalis.
UsingtheBluetoothconnection
Bluetoothcanconnectdevicesthatarewithinashortdistancefromoneanother.Bluetoothiscommonly
usedinthefollowingscenarios:
•Connectingperipheraldevicestoacomputer
•Transferringdatabetweenhand-helddevicesandapersonalcomputer
•Remotelycontrollingandcommunicatingwithdevicessuchasmobilephones
Dependingonthemodel,yourcomputermightsupporttheBluetoothfeature.Totransferdatathrough
theBluetoothfeature,dothefollowing:
Note:Itisnotrecommendedtousethewirelessfeature(the802.11standards)ofyourcomputer
simultaneouslywithaBluetoothoption.Thedatatransmissionspeedcanbedelayedandtheperformance
ofthewirelessfeaturecanbedegraded.
1.EnsurethattheBluetoothfeatureisenabled.
•ForWindows7:GotoControlPanel,andchangetheviewofControlPanelfromCategorytoLarge
iconsorSmallicons.ClickNetworkandSharingCenter➙Changeadaptersettings.Then
enableBluetoothNetworkConnection.
•ForWindows10:Dooneofthefollowing:
–PresstheBluetooth-controlkey
andturnontheBluetoothfeature.
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