Mobile Broadband (Or Wireless Wide Area Network); What You Need To Establish A Mobile Broadband Network Connection; Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card - Dell Latitude D630 User Manual

Mobile Broadband (or Wireless Wide Area Network)

A Mobile Broadband network, also known as a Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN), is a high-speed
digital cellular network that provides Internet access over a much wider geographical area than a WLAN,
which typically covers only from 100 to 1000 feet. Your computer can maintain Mobile Broadband
network access as long as the computer is within a cellular-data coverage zone. Contact your service
provider for coverage of a high-speed digital cellular network.
NOTE:
Even if you are able to make a call from your cellular phone in a specific geographical location, that
location may not necessarily be within a cellular-data coverage zone.

What You Need to Establish a Mobile Broadband Network Connection

NOTE:
Depending on your computer, you can use a Mini Card to establish a Mobile Broadband network
connection.
To set up a Mobile Broadband network connection, you need:
• A Mini Card
• An activated Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) for your service provider
NOTE:
Only Cingular and Vodafone need a SIM card. Verizon, Sprint, and Telus do not use a SIM.
• The Dell Mobile Broadband Card Utility (already installed on your computer if you purchased the card
when you purchased your computer, or on the media that accompanied your card if purchased
separately from your computer)
If the utility is corrupted or deleted from your computer, see the Dell Mobile Broadband Card Utility
user's guide for instructions. The user's guide is available through the Windows Help and Support
Center (click Start→ Help and Support) or on the media that accompanied your card if you
purchased it separately from your computer.

Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card

Depending on what you selected when you purchased your computer, the computer has a variety of
configurations. To determine your computer configuration, see one of the following:
• Your order confirmation
• Microsoft Windows Help and Support Center
To check your Mobile Broadband card in the Windows Help and Support Center:
1 Click Start→ Help and Support→ Use Tools to view your computer information and diagnose
problems.
2 Under Tools, click My Computer Information→ Find information about the hardware installed on
this computer.
On the My Computer Information - Hardware screen, you can view the type of Mobile Broadband card
installed in your computer as well as other hardware components.
NOTE:
The Mobile Broadband card is listed under Modems.
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