HP EliteBook 8740w Mobile Workstation - Manual (Page 5)

Table of contents
1 Features ........................................................................................................................................................... 1
Identifying hardware ............................................................................................................................. 1
Top components .................................................................................................................. 1
Pointing devices .................................................................................................. 1
Lights ................................................................................................................... 2
Buttons, switches, and fingerprint reader ............................................................ 4
Keys .................................................................................................................... 6
Front components ................................................................................................................ 6
Rear components ................................................................................................................ 8
Right-side components ........................................................................................................ 8
Left-side components .......................................................................................................... 8
Bottom components ............................................................................................................. 9
Display components .......................................................................................................... 10
Wireless antennas (select models only) ............................................................................ 11
Additional hardware components ...................................................................................... 12
Identifying the labels ........................................................................................................................... 12
2 Wireless, modem, and local area network .................................................................................................. 14
Using wireless devices (select models only) ...................................................................................... 14
Identifying wireless and network icons .............................................................................. 14
Using the wireless controls ................................................................................................ 15
Using the wireless button ................................................................................................... 15
Using Wireless Assistant software (select models only) .................................................... 15
Using HP Connection Manager (select models only) ........................................................ 16
Using operating system controls ........................................................................................ 16
Using a WLAN device (select models only) ....................................................................................... 16
Setting up a WLAN ............................................................................................................ 17
Protecting your WLAN ....................................................................................................... 17
Connecting to a WLAN ...................................................................................................... 18
Roaming to another network .............................................................................................. 19
Using HP Mobile Broadband (select models only) ............................................................................. 19
Inserting a SIM (select models only) .................................................................................. 20
Removing a SIM (select models only) ............................................................................... 21
Using a Bluetooth wireless device (select models only) ..................................................................... 21
Bluetooth and Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) ............................................................. 22
Troubleshooting wireless network problems ...................................................................................... 22
Cannot create a WLAN connection ................................................................................... 22
Cannot connect to a preferred network ............................................................................. 23
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