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1 Features
Identifying hardware ............................................................................................................................. 1
Top components .................................................................................................................. 1
TouchPad ............................................................................................................ 1
Lights ................................................................................................................... 3
Buttons and fingerprint reader ............................................................................. 5
Keys .................................................................................................................... 9
Front components .............................................................................................................. 10
Right-side components ...................................................................................................... 11
Left-side components ........................................................................................................ 13
Rear components .............................................................................................................. 14
Bottom components ........................................................................................................... 15
Display components ......................................................................................................... 16
Wireless antennas (select models only) ............................................................................ 17
Additional hardware components ...................................................................................... 19
Identifying the labels ........................................................................................................................... 19
2 Wireless, modem, and local area network
Using wireless devices (select models only) ...................................................................................... 21
Identifying wireless and network icons .............................................................................. 22
Using the wireless controls ................................................................................................ 22
Using the wireless button ................................................................................................... 22
Using Wireless Assistant software (select models only) .................................................... 23
Using HP Connection Manager (select models only) ........................................................ 23
Using operating system controls ........................................................................................ 23
Using a WLAN device (select models only) ....................................................................................... 24
Setting up a WLAN ............................................................................................................ 24
Protecting your WLAN ....................................................................................................... 24
Connecting to a WLAN ...................................................................................................... 26
Roaming to another network .............................................................................................. 26
Using HP Mobile Broadband (select models only) ............................................................................. 27
Inserting a SIM ................................................................................................................... 27
Removing a SIM ................................................................................................................ 28
Using a Bluetooth wireless device ..................................................................................................... 30
Bluetooth and Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) ............................................................. 30
Troubleshooting wireless connection problems ................................................................................. 31
Cannot create a WLAN connection ................................................................................... 31
Cannot connect to a preferred network ............................................................................. 32
Current network security codes are unavailable ................................................................ 32
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