Dell TrueMobile 1180 User Manual page 29

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Using the Dell™ TrueMobile™ 1180
Wireless Utility: Dell TrueMobile 1180 PC
Card User's Guide
Opening the utility
Adding a new network to the list of preferred networks
Viewing the link status of your wireless connection
Viewing or modifying the wireless network properties
Setting up an ad hoc (peer-to-peer) group network for connecting to the Internet
Adding an ad hoc network
Disabling the radio
Diagnostics
Opening the utility
The TrueMobile™ 1180 wireless utility starts automatically every time you start your computer. When the system startup
process is complete, the utility icon
screen. If the utility icon is not in the system tray, you can have it appear by selecting Show wireless configuration icon
in systray from the Wireless Networks tab in the Wireless Configuration box that appears when the utility is open.
To open the utility in the Windows® 2000
environment
1. From the desktop, click the Start button, point to Settings, and click Control Panel.
2. Double-click the TrueMobile 1180 wireless utility icon
appears in the system tray of the Windows® task bar at the bottom right of your
.