Dell Inspiron 9400 - Manual (Page 6)

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Contents
Media Memory Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Installing a Media Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Removing a Media Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
9 Setting Up a Home and Office Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Physically Connecting to a Network or Broadband Modem . . . . . . . . . . 77
Network Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
What You Need to Establish a WLAN Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Checking Your Wireless Network Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Setting Up a New WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Connecting to a Wireless Local Area Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Determining the Wireless Network Device Manager . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Completing the Connection to the WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Enabling/Disabling the Wireless Network Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Monitoring the Status of the Wireless Network Card Through
Dell™ QuickSet
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Mobile Broadband or Wireless Wide Area Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
What You Need to Establish a Mobile Broadband
Network Connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Checking Your Mobile Broadband Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Internet Connection Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
10 Securing Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Security Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Computer Tracking Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
If Your Computer Is Lost or Stolen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
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