The Tablet And Your Internet Connection; Always Connected Vs. Dial-Up Connection; Hanging Up The Phone Line - Intel Web Tablet Product Manual

THE TABLET AND YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION

Always Connected vs. Dial-up Connection

The tablet uses the PC to connect to the Internet. With today's
technology, people have a number of options for accessing the
Internet. These include:
• Always connected (cable and most DSL)
• Dial-up connection (phone line and satellite)
Always Connected
With a persistent connection, the tablet use does not interfere
with your family's use of the phone line. The PC is always
connected to the Internet. Data transfer rates are considerably
faster than those of traditional analog phone line connections.
This is the ideal connection type for the tablet.
Some DSL providers dial up to the Internet instead of
Note:
staying connected. In these situations, configure your tablet to
use a dial-up connection.
Dial-up Connection
With a dial-up connection, the PC must dial the number to your
ISP (Internet Service Provider) to access the Internet. If you
have a dedicated phone line for the PC, accessing an open phone
line is not an issue. However, if the PC shares a phone line with
the rest of your household, you cannot use the tablet and the
phone at the same time.
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Hanging Up the Phone Line

Important! Please read this if you access the Internet
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using the same phone line as your telephone or fax
machine.
If the tablet initiates a dial-up Internet connection, you can hang
up the phone line from the tablet. Otherwise, hang up the phone
line from the PC.
Hanging Up the Phone from the Tablet
1 Touch the button on the button bar to open the con-
controls
trol panel.
2 Touch the
turn tablet OFF
3 At the PC, a warning message appears indicating that the
dial-up connection is about to be ended.
4 Wait a few seconds and the PC will automatically
disconnect, or click Disconnect Now
the phone line.
Hanging Up the Phone from the PC
1 At the PC, check the icon tray in the lower-right
corner of the screen for your ISP's connection icon.
2 Right-click the icon, and select
Note: This procedure works for most dial-up networking (DUN)
software and America Online* (AOL). If this procedure does
not work on your PC, check your ISP documentation for
information about disconnecting a dial-up session.
In case of an emergency
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line from the PC by unplugging the phone line from the
wall or from the back of the PC.
button.
on the PC to hang up
.
Disconnect
, physically disconnect the phone