User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Starting right
- Getting to know your tablet
- Knowing the tablet parts
- Keyboard dock
- Releasing the tablet from the keyboard dock
- Labels
- Changing your tablet's settings
- Using TouchPad gestures
- Using touch screen gestures
- Setting Touch screen preferences
- Using the on-screen keyboard
- Using the digital pen (select models only)
- Finding your hardware and software information
- Connecting to a network
- Enjoying entertainment features
- Navigating using the keyboard, touch gestures and pointing devices
- Managing power
- Initiating Sleep and Hibernation
- Setting password protection on wakeup
- Using the power meter and power settings
- Selecting a power plan
- Running on battery power
- Running on external AC power
- Refreshing your software content with Intel Smart Connect Technology (select models only)
- Shutting down (turning off) the tablet
- Managing and sharing information
- Maintaining your tablet
- Securing your tablet and information
- Using Setup Utility (BIOS) and System Diagnostics
- Backing up, restoring, and recovering
- Specifications
- Electrostatic Discharge
- Index
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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Bluetooth device—Creates a personal area network (PAN) to connect to other Bluetooth-
enabled devices such as computers, 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.
Mode Steps
1. On the Start screen, tap the upper-right or lower-right corner of the screen. When the
charms list opens, tap Search, and then tap the search box.
2. Type h, and then select Help and Support.
From the Start screen, type h, 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)
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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.
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