Disabling/enabling wireless communication, The wireless switch – Panasonic CF-52 Series User Manual

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Disabling/Enabling Wireless Communication

<Only for model with wireless LAN, and/or wireless WAN>
There are 5 ways of disabling and enabling wireless communication.
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The wireless switch on the front of the computer (below)

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Wireless switch utility (

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page 64

)

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Settings in the Network and Sharing Center (

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page 67

)

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Settings in the [Advanced] menu of the Setup Utility (

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page 75

)

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Setting in the Wireless Connection Disable Utility (

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page 65

)

NOTE

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For further information about Wireless LAN:

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page 67

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For further information about Wireless WAN: Refer to the instruction manual of the wireless device.

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The wireless communication can be enabled or disabled by connecting or disconnecting the LAN cable.

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page 65

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To disable all wireless communication

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Switch to OFF.

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To enable wireless communication

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Switch to ON.

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In the default setting, the wireless switch enables all wireless devices when it is set to ON.

NOTE

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If you uninstall the Wireless Switch Utility, set the wireless switch to ON beforehand.

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Do not turn on/off the switch repeatedly at too short intervals.

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Do not restart, log off, or enter sleep or hibernation immediately after turning on/off the switch.

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Do not turn on/off the switch while Windows is starting up.

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To use wireless communication, set the wireless devices ([Wireless LAN] / [Wireless WAN]) to [Enabled] (default) in
the [Advanced] menu of the Setup Utility (

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page 75

).

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When you set [Wireless Switch] to [Disabled] in the [Advanced] menu of the Setup Utility (

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page 75

), the Wireless

Switch Utility icon will not appear if you click

on the notification area. All wireless equipment (wireless LAN, wire-

less WAN) will remain ready irrespective of the wireless switch setting.

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It may take some time to turn off wireless communication after switching the wireless switch off.

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If the IEEE802.11a setting is changed in [Device Manager] (

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page 69

), the display will be changed accordingly.

The Wireless Switch

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