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8 Setting Up and Using Networks . . . . . . . 79
Connecting a Network or Broadband Modem Cable . . 79
Setting Up a Network in the Microsoft®
Windows® XP Operating System
. . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Setting Up a Network in the Microsoft Windows
Vista
®
Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)
. . . . . . . . . 80
What You Need to Establish a WLAN Connection
. 80
Checking Your Wireless Network Card
. . . . . . 81
Setting Up a New WLAN Using a Wireless Router
and a Broadband Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Connecting to a WLAN
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Mobile Broadband/Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN)
85
What You Need to Establish a Mobile
Broadband Network Connection
. . . . . . . . . . 86
Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card
. . . . 86
Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network . . . 87
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
9 Using Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Card Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Card Blanks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Extended Cards
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Installing a PC Card or ExpressCard
. . . . . . . . . . 90
Removing a Card or Blank
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92