User guide

•NFCconnection
UsingthewirelessLANconnection
AwirelessLANcoversarelativelysmallgeographicarea,suchasanofficebuildingorahouse.Devices
basedonthe802.11standardscanconnecttothistypeofnetwork.
Yourcomputercomeswithabuilt-inwirelessnetworkcardandaconfigurationutilitytohelpyouestablish
wirelessconnectionsandmonitortheconnectionstatus.Thisenablesyoutostayconnectedtoyournetwork
whileyouareattheoffice,inameetingroom,orathome,withnoneedforawiredconnection.
ToestablishawirelessLANconnection,dothefollowing:
ForWindows8.1:
1.Tapthewirelessicon
intheFunctionmodetoenablethewirelessfeatures.Formoreinformationon
howtodisplaytheFunctionmode,see“AdaptiveKeysoverview”onpage25.
2.Dooneofthefollowing:
Note:EnsurethatAirplanemodeissettooff.
•Moveyourpointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornertodisplaythecharms,clickSettings,then
clickthewireless-network-connection-statusicon.Alistofavailablewirelessnetworksisdisplayed.
•Gotothedesktopscreen,thenclickthewireless-network-connection-statusiconintheWindows
notificationarea.Alistofavailablewirelessnetworksisdisplayed.
3.Double-clickanetworktoconnecttoit.Providerequiredinformationifneeded.
ForWindows7:
1.Tapthewirelessicon
intheFunctionmodetoenablethewirelessfeatures.Formoreinformationon
howtodisplaytheFunctionmode,see“AdaptiveKeysoverview”onpage25.
2.Clickthewireless-network-connection-statusiconintheWindowsnotificationarea.Alistofavailable
wirelessnetworksisdisplayed.
3.Double-clickanetworktoconnecttoit.Providerequiredinformationifneeded.
Ifyouneedtoconnecttodifferentwirelessnetworksindifferentlocations,usethefollowingsoftwareto
managemultiplenetworkprofilessothatthecomputerautomaticallyconnectstoanavailablenetworkwhen
thelocationchanges:
•ForWindows8.1:OpentheLenovoSettingsprogramandclickLocationAwareness.Formore
information,see“AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows8.1operatingsystem”onpage16.
•ForWindows7:UsetheAccessConnectionsprogram.Formoreinformation,see“AccessingLenovo
programsontheWindows7operatingsystem”onpage15.
TipsforusingthewirelessLANfeature
Toachievethebestconnection,usethefollowingguidelines:
•PlaceyourcomputersothatthereareasfewobstaclesaspossiblebetweenthewirelessLANaccess
pointandthecomputer.
•Openyourcomputerlidtoanangleofslightlymorethan90degrees.
•Ifyouusethewirelessfeature(the802.11standards)ofyourcomputersimultaneouslywithaBluetooth
option,thedatatransmissionspeedcanbedelayedandtheperformanceofthewirelessfeaturecanbe
degraded.
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