Wireless Lan - Toshiba Portege 2010 User Manual

Wireless LAN

The wireless LAN is compatible with other LAN systems based on Direct Sequence
Spread Spectrum radio technology that complies with IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN
standard (Revision B). It supports the following features:
is a Certification Mark of the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance,
Inc.
Automatic Transmit Rate Select mechanism in the transmit range of 11, 5.5, 2
and 1 Mbit/s.
Frequency Channel Selection (2.4 GHz)
Roaming over multiple channels
Card Power Management
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) data encryption, based on the 128 bit RC4
encryption algorithm as defined in the IEEE 802.11 standard on wireless LANs.
Wake-up on LAN does not function on a wireless LAN.
Wireless communication switch
You can enable or disable wireless LAN function, with the on/off switch. No
transmissions are sent or received when the switch is off. Slide the switch to the
right to turn it on and to the left to turn it off.
CAUTION: Set the switch to off in airplanes and hospitals. Check the LED.
It will stop glowing when the wireless communication function is off.
Wireless communication LED
The LED indicates the status of the wireless communication functions.
LED status
LED off
LED glows
If you used the Task Tray icon to disable W-LAN, restart the computer or follow
the procedures below to enable the system to recognize W-LAN. Open or click the
following: Start, Setup, Control Panel, System, Device Manager and
Renew.
Indication
Wireless communication switch is set to off.
Automatic power down because of overheating.
Power malfunction
Wireless communication switch is on.
Wireless LAN is turned on by an application.
Wireless communications
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