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Disabling/Enabling Wireless Communication
There are 3 ways of disabling and enabling wireless communication.
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Wireless Switch Utility (
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Settings in the [Advanced] menu of the Setup Utility (
)
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Setting in the Wireless Communication Disable Utility (
)
NOTE
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For further information about Wireless LAN:
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For further information about Bluetooth:
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For further information about Wireless WAN: Refer to the instruction manual of the wireless device.
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To use wireless communication, set the wireless devices ([Wireless LAN] / [Bluetooth] / [Wireless WAN]) to [Enabled]
(default) in the [Advanced] - [Wireless Configuration] menu of the Setup Utility (
).
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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] (
), the display will be changed accordingly.
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You can check the wireless LAN communication status in Intel
®
PROSet/Wireless Software. Perform either of the fol-
lowing procedure.
• Double-click , , ,
or
on
the
notification
area.
• Click [start] - [All Programs] - [Intel PROSet Wireless] - [WiFi Connection Utility]
This utility allows you to enable or disable wireless devices from a pop-up menu in the notification area. In the default setting,
all wireless devices are enabled.
The Wireless Switch Utility icon
The icon appears in the notification area when the computer is turned ON. It shows the status of wireless devices.
•
: Indicates that the wireless devices are enabled.
•
: Indicates that the wireless devices are off.
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: Indicates that the wireless devices have been disabled in the Setup Utility.
To enable or disable particular wireless devices
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Click the Wireless Switch Utility icon to show the pop-up menu.
2
Select ON or OFF for the device you want to enable or disable.
Wireless Switch Utility
