•Iftherearerestrictionsontheuseofcomputersonanairplanewiththewirelessfeature,youneedto
disableitbeforeboarding.Todisableit,refertotheinstructionsin“Enablingordisablingthewireless
feature”onpage36.
Note:YoucanpurchaseawirelessnetworkcardasanoptionfromLenovoat
http://www.lenovo.com/accessories/services/index.html.
TipsforusingthewirelessLANfeature
•PlaceyourcomputersothatthereareasfewobstaclesaspossiblebetweenthewirelessLANaccess
pointandthecomputer.
•ForthebestconnectionofthewirelessLANfeature,openyourcomputerdisplaytoanangleofslightly
morethan90degrees.
•Ifyouusethewirelessfeature(the802.11standard)ofyourcomputersimultaneouslywithaBluetooth
option,datatransmissionspeedcanbedelayedandtheperformanceofthewirelessfeaturecanbe
degraded.
SettinguptheWirelessLANconnection
Tousethebuilt-inwirelessnetworkingcard(the802.11standard)tocommunicate,starttheAccess
Connectionsprogram.See“AccessingThinkVantageapplications”onpage14.
Note:BeforeyoustartsettingupwirelessnetworkingconnectionsbyusingAccessConnections,obtaina
NetworkName(SSID)andyourencryptioninformationfromyournetworkadministrator.
EstablishingwirelessWANconnections
WirelessWideAreaNetwork(wirelessWAN)enablesyoutoestablishwirelessconnectionsoverremote
publicorprivatenetworks.Theseconnectionscanbemaintainedoveralargegeographicalarea,suchas
acityoranentirecountry,byuseofmultipleantennasitesorsatellitesystemsmaintainedbywireless
serviceproviders.
SomeThinkPadnotebookcomputerscomewithabuilt-inwirelessWANcardintegratingsomewireless
WANtechnologies,suchas1xEV-DO,HSPA,3GorGPRS.YoucanconnecttotheInternetoryourcompany
networkwiththebuilt-inwirelessWANcardandthecongurationutilitytomakeawirelessWANconnection
andmonitoritsstatus.
Note:WirelessWANserviceisprovidedbyauthorizedserviceprovidersinsomecountries.
TondthelocationofthewirelessWANantennaonyourcomputer,referto“LocationoftheUltraConnect
wirelessantennas”onpage152.
TousethewirelessWANfeature,starttheAccessConnectionsprogram.Forinformationonhowtostartthe
AccessConnectionsprogram,see“AccessingThinkVantageapplications”onpage14.
UsingBluetooth
SomemodelsareequippedwithaBluetoothcardthatiscomplianttoBluetoothSpecication4.0.Youcan
enableordisabletheBluetoothfeaturebypressingFn+F5.Someothervirtualdevicedriverswillbeinstalled
ondemandwhenyouusecertainBluetoothprolesforthersttime.
TocongureaBluetoothdeviceormanageconnectionsettings,youcanuseBluetoothDevicesinControl
PanelbyclickStart➙ControlPanel➙HardwareandSound➙DevicesandPrinters.
TosenddatatoaBluetooth-enableddevice,dothefollowing:
1.PressFn+F5toenabletheBluetoothfeature.
2.Right-clickdatathatyouwanttosend.
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