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CheckingthewirelessLANconnectionstatus
YoucancheckthewirelessLANconnectionstatusthroughthewireless-network-connection-statusiconin
theWindowsnotificationarea.Themorebarsencompassed,thebetterthesignalis.
FortheWindows7operatingsystem,youalsocanchecktheAccessConnectionsgauge,theAccess
Connectionsstatusicon,ortheAccessConnectionswireless-statusiconintheWindowsnotificationarea.
AccessConnectionsgauge:
•Powertothewirelessradioisoffornosignal.
•Powertothewirelessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnectionispoor.To
improvesignalstrength,moveyourcomputerclosertothewirelessaccesspoint.
•Powertothewirelessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnection
ismarginal.
•
Powertothewirelessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnection
isexcellent.
AccessConnectionsstatusicon:
•
Nolocationprofileisactiveornoneexists.
•Currentlocationprofileisdisconnected.
•
Currentlocationprofileisconnected.
AccessConnectionswireless-statusicon:
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Powertothewirelessradioisoff.
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Powertothewirelessradioison.Noassociation.
•Powertothewirelessradioison.Nosignal.
•
Powertothewirelessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnectionispoor.Toimprove
signalstrength,moveyourcomputerclosertothewirelessaccesspoint.
•
Powertothewirelessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnectionismarginal.
•Powertothewirelessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnectionisexcellent.
UsingtheBluetoothconnection
Bluetoothcanconnectdevicesashortdistancefromoneanother,andiscommonlyusedforconnecting
peripheraldevicestoacomputer,transferringdatabetweenhand-helddevicesandapersonalcomputer,or
remotelycontrollingandcommunicatingwithdevicessuchasmobilephones.
Dependingonthemodel,yourcomputermightsupporttheBluetoothfeature.Totransferdatathrough
theBluetoothfeature,dothefollowing:
1.EnsurethattheBluetoothfeatureisenabled.IfyouareusingtheWindows8.1operatingsystem,
theintegratedBluetoothfeatureisenabledbydefault.IfyouareusingtheWindows7operating
system,toenabletheBluetoothfeature,pressthewireless-radiocontrolkeyandthenfollowthe
instructionsonthescreen.
2.Right-clickthedatathatyouwanttosend.
3.SelectSendT o➙BluetoothDevices.
4.SelectaBluetoothdevice,andthenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
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