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Disabling/Enabling Wireless Communication
<Only for model with wireless LAN, Bluetooth and/or wireless WAN>
There are four ways of disabling and enabling wireless communication.
z The wireless switch on the front of the computer (below)
z The wireless switch utility (Î page 57)
z Settings in the Network and Sharing Center (Î page 58)
z Settings in the [Advanced] menu of the Setup Utility (Î page 66)
NOTE
z For further information about Wireless LAN: Î page 58
z For further information about Bluetooth: Î page 61
z For further information about Wireless WAN: Refer to the instruction manual of the wireless device.
To disable all wireless communication
1 Switch to OFF.
To enable wireless communication
1 Switch to ON.
z In the default setting, the wireless switch enables all wireless devices when it is set to ON.
NOTE
z If you uninstall the Wireless Switch Utility, set the wireless switch to ON.
z Do not turn on/off the switch repeatedly at too short intervals.
z Do not restart, log off, or enter sleep or hibernation immediately after turning on/off the switch.
z Do not turn on/off the switch while Windows is starting up.
z To use wireless communication, set the wireless devices ([Wireless LAN] / [Bluetooth] / [Wireless WAN]) to [Enable]
(default) in the [Advanced] menu of the Setup Utility (Î page 66).
z When you set [Wireless Switch] to [Disable] in the [Advanced] menu of the Setup Utility (Î page 66), the Wireless
Switch Utility icon will not appear in the notification area. All wireless equipment (Wireless LAN, Bluetooth, Wireless
WAN) will remain ready irrespective of the wireless switch setting.
z It may take some time to turn off wireless communication after switching the wireless switch off.
z If the IEEE802.11a setting is changed in [Device Manager] (Î page 60), the display will be changed accordingly.
The Wireless Switch