Sony VPCSB Personal Computer User Manual


 
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Using Your VAIO Computer >
Using the Wireless WAN
Starting the Wireless WAN Communications
To start the wireless WAN communications
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Make sure that the SIM card cover is properly closed, otherwise the wireless WAN function may not work.
1 Turn on the WIRELESS switch.
2 Click Start, All Programs, and VAIO Smart Network or click the VAIO Smart Network icon on the taskbar.
3 In the VAIO Smart Network window, make sure that the switch next to Wireless WAN is On.
4 Click the down arrow button next to the Wireless WAN switch and the Connect button to launch the VAIO Mobile
Broadband Setup.
5 Follow the on-screen instructions on the VAIO Mobile Broadband Setup to sign up with a supported carrier.
A long term contract may not be required. Some carriers may offer prepaid plans, such as one-day usage.
Once you have finished signing up with the supported carrier with the VAIO Mobile Broadband Setup, Wireless WAN in the VAIO Smart Network
window will be replaced with the name of the carrier which you have selected and signed up.
6 Click Connect to launch the carrier's connection manager and make a mobile broadband connection.
For more information on how to use the wireless WAN function, see the help file included with the VAIO Smart Network or the carrier's connection
manager.