User's Manual

3 Connecting to a network
Your tablet can travel with you wherever you go. But even at home, you can explore the globe and access
information from millions of websites using your tablet and a wired or wireless network connection. This
chapter will help you get connected to that world.
Connecting to a wireless network
Wireless technology transfers data across radio waves instead of wires. Your tablet may be equipped with
one or more of the following wireless devices:
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Wireless local area network (WLAN) device—Connects the tablet to wireless local area networks
(commonly referred to as Wi-Fi networks, wireless LANs, or WLANs) in corporate offices, your home,
and public places such as airports, restaurants, coffee shops, hotels, and universities. In a WLAN, the
mobile wireless device in your tablet communicates with a wireless router or a wireless access point.
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HP Mobile Broadband Module (select models only)—A wireless wide area network (WWAN) device that
gives you wireless connectivity over a much larger area. Mobile network operators install base stations
(similar to cell phone towers) throughout large geographic areas, effectively providing coverage across
entire states, regions, or even countries.
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Bluetooth device (select models only)—Creates a personal area network (PAN) to connect to other
Bluetooth-enabled devices such as tablets, phones, printers, headsets, speakers, and cameras. In a
PAN, each device communicates directly with other devices, and devices must be relatively close
together—typically within 10 meters (approximately 33 feet) of each other.
For more information about wireless technology, see the information and website links provided in Help and
Support. On the Start screen, type help, and then select Help and Support.
Using the wireless controls
You can control the wireless devices in your tablet using these features:
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Wireless button, wireless switch, or wireless key (referred to in this chapter as the wireless button)
(select models only)
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Operating system controls
Using the wireless button
The tablet has a wireless button, one or more wireless devices, and one or two wireless lights, depending on
the model. All of the wireless devices on your tablet are enabled at the factory, so the wireless light is on
(white) when you turn on the tablet.
The wireless light indicates the overall power state of your wireless devices, not the status of individual
devices. If the wireless light is white, at least one wireless device is on. If the wireless light is off, all wireless
devices are off.
NOTE: On some models, the wireless light is amber when all wireless devices are off.
Because the wireless devices are enabled at the factory, you can use the wireless button to turn on or turn off
the wireless devices simultaneously.
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