Dell TrueMobile 1180 User Manual page 4

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Completing the Setup: Dell™
TrueMobile™ 1180 PC Card User's Guide
NOTE—Before you begin, be sure you have the required network information from your network administrator (see
you begin in the Introduction
Configuring a network profile (Windows® 2000 environment)
Configuring a network profile (Windows® XP environment)
Configuring a network profile (Windows® 2000
environment)
Before you can connect to a wireless network, you must configure a network profile for that network on your computer
using the TrueMobile wireless utility. If you purchased your portable computer with the Dell TrueMobile 1180 internal
802.11b PC Card already installed and set up at the factory, follow the network profile configuration instructions provided
below. If this is not the case, first verify that the Dell TrueMobile 1180 card has been properly installed in your computer
according to the installation instructions. Then proceed with the following instructions for configuring your network profiles.
The instructions explain how to open the utility and how to use it to configure a network profile.
Opening the utility
1. From the desktop, click the Start button, point to Settings, and click Control Panel.
2. Double-click the TrueMobile Wireless Utility icon
3. If the Wireless Networks tab in the Wireless Configuration box is not on top, click the Wireless Networks tab.
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