Contents 7
Wireless Local Area Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
What You Need to Establish a
WLAN Connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Checking Your Wireless Network Card
. . . . . . 85
Setting Up a New WLAN Using a Wireless
Router and a Broadband Modem
. . . . . . . . . 86
Connecting to a WLAN
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Mobile Broadband (or Wireless Wide
Area Network)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
What You Need to Establish a Mobile
Broadband Network Connection
. . . . . . . . . 89
Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card
. . . . 90
Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network
. . . 90
Enabling/Disabling the Dell Mobile
roadband Card
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Dell Wi-Fi Catcher™ Network Locator
. . . . . . . . . 92
10 Securing Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Security Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Passwords
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
If Your Computer is Lost or Stolen
. . . . . . . . . . . 94
11 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Dell Technical Update Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Dell Diagnostics
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Dell Support Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Dell Support 3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
DellConnect
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Network Assistant
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104