User Guide - Linux
Table of contents
1 Welcome .......................................................................................................................................................... 1
Finding information ............................................................................................................................... 2
2 Getting to know your computer ..................................................................................................................... 3
Top ....................................................................................................................................................... 3
TouchPad ............................................................................................................................ 3
Lights ................................................................................................................................... 4
Buttons and fingerprint reader (select models only) ............................................................ 5
Keys ..................................................................................................................................... 6
Front ..................................................................................................................................................... 7
Right ..................................................................................................................................................... 8
Left ....................................................................................................................................................... 9
Display ................................................................................................................................................ 10
Bottom ................................................................................................................................................ 11
3 Networking .................................................................................................................................................... 13
Using an Internet service provider (ISP) ............................................................................................ 13
Identifying wireless and network status icons .................................................................................... 13
Creating a wireless connection .......................................................................................................... 13
Turning wireless devices on and off .................................................................................. 13
Using the wireless button .................................................................................. 13
Using the operating system controls ................................................................. 14
Using a WLAN .................................................................................................................................... 14
Connecting to an existing WLAN ....................................................................................... 14
Setting up a new WLAN ..................................................................................................... 15
Protecting your WLAN ....................................................................................................... 15
Roaming to another network .............................................................................................. 16
Connecting to a wired network ........................................................................................................... 16
Connecting to a local area network (LAN) ......................................................................... 16
4 Keyboard and pointing devices ................................................................................................................... 18
Using the keyboard ............................................................................................................................ 18
Identifying the hot keys ...................................................................................................... 18
Using keypads ................................................................................................................... 19
Using the embedded numeric keypad ............................................................... 19
Turning the embedded numeric keypad on and off .......................... 19
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