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CHAPTER 5
Communication Functions
Your computer has two important features that let you establish communications
with other computers and devices. The infrared port lets you establish wireless
communication with other infrared devices that are at close range. The built-in
modem lets you connect to the telephone system so that you can communicate with
the whole world through the internet, e-mail, etc,.
Infrared Communication
The infrared port is located on the rear edge of your computer. The infrared port
supports IrDA 1.1.
Infrared port
You can change the operation of the infrared port by making changes to the
Advanced page of the setup utility. See
Advanced Page
in
Chapter 8
for more
information.
Positioning Infrared Ports
Infrared communications operate over a fairly short range.
Place your computer and the target device so that the infrared ports are directly
facing each other and are no more than 30 inches apart (about 1 meter). If the ports
deviate from directly facing each other by 15 degrees on either side, or 10 degrees up
and down, you might fail to establish communications.
Establishing an Infrared Connection
