Using The Wireless Lan - Motorola Mobile Laptop 850 Owner's Manual

Using the Wireless LAN

Depending on your model, an internal Mini PCI wireless LAN (WLAN)
card may have been pre-installed by your computer manufacturer at the
factory. This card allows you access corporate networks or the Internet
in a wireless environment.
The WLAN features include:
IEEE 802.11b or 802.11bg standard compliance
2.4 GHz DSSS (Direct Seque. driver is installed correctly. (See Chapter
6 for more information.) If your WLAN card was provided by your
dealer instead of the computer manufacturer, contact your dealer for the
correct driver to use.
Configuring the WLAN
After driver installation, you can use the WLAN utility to configure and
monitor your WLAN connection. If you are using Windows XP, you can
also use its built-in WLAN utility. Follow this procedure to launch the
WLAN utility in Windows XP:
1. Select Control Panel from the Start menu.
2. Click Network and Internet Connections.
3. Click Network Connections, then double-click the Wireless
Network Connection icon
4. Click Properties in the Wireless Network Connection Status
dialog box.
5. You can configure your WLAN settings in the Wireless Network
Connection Properties dialog box.
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