Device Power States
The wireless button enables and disables 802.11 wireless and
Bluetooth devices. By default, the 802.11 wireless and Bluetooth
devices and wireless light are turned on when you turn on the
notebook.
✎
Turning on a wireless device does not automatically create a
WLAN or connect you to a WLAN. For information on setting up
a WLAN refer to
chapter.
The 802.11 wireless and Bluetooth devices have 2 power states:
■
Enabled
■
Disabled
You can enable and disable the wireless devices with the wireless
button.
✎
If you want your wireless devices to be turned on when you
turn on your notebook, you must turn them on before you shut
down or restart.
Hardware and Software Guide
"Wireless Local Area Network,"
Communications
earlier in this
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