Using your notebook on a network, Turning your wireless ethernet on or off – Gateway 450 User Manual

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Using your notebook on a network

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Using your notebook on a network

Installing and configuring your notebook for
Ethernet networking

A guide in .PDF format has been included on your hard drive that provides
instructions for installing and configuring both wired and wireless Ethernet
networking on your notebook. To access this guide, click

Start

,

All Programs

,

then click

Gateway Utilities

.

Turning your wireless Ethernet on or off

To turn wireless Ethernet on or off in Windows XP:

1

Click

Start

, then click

Control Panel

. The Control Panel window opens. If your

Control Panel is in Category View, click

Network and Internet Connections

.

The Network and Internet Connections window opens.

2

Click/Double-click

Network Connections

. The Network Connections window

opens.

3

Right-click

Wireless Network Connection

, then click

Enable

to turn on

wireless Ethernet or click

Disable

to turn off wireless Ethernet.

Warning

Radio frequency wireless communication can interfere
with equipment on commercial aircraft. Current aviation
regulations require wireless devices to be turned off while
traveling in an airplane. IEEE 802.11a and IEEE 802.11b
communication devices are examples of devices that
provide wireless communication.

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