Broadcom Corporation BRCM1090 Manuel D’Utilisation

Your computer can travel with you wherever you go. But even at home, you can explore the globe and access 

information from millions of websites using your computer and a wired or wireless network connection. This 

chapter will help you get connected to that world.

Your computer may be equipped with one or more of the following wireless devices:

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WLAN device—Connects the computer to wireless local area networks (commonly referred to as Wi-Fi 

networks, wireless LANs, or WLANs) in corporate ofices, your home, and public places such as airports, 

restaurants, cofee shops, hotels, and universities. In a WLAN, the mobile wireless device in your 

computer communicates with a wireless router or a wireless access point.

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HP Mobile Broadband Module—Gives you wireless connectivity over a wireless wide area network 

(WWAN), a much larger area. Mobile network operators install base stations (similar to cell phone 

towers) throughout large geographic areas, efectively providing coverage across entire states, regions, 

or even countries.

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Bluetooth® device—Creates a personal area network (PAN) to connect to other Bluetooth-enabled 

devices such as computers, phones, printers, headsets, speakers, and cameras. In a PAN, each device 

communicates directly with other devices, and devices must be relatively close together—typically 

within 10 meters (approximately 33 feet) of each other.

For more information about wireless technology, the Internet, and networking, see the Get started app.

Select the Start button, and then select the Get started app.

You can control the wireless devices in your computer using one or more of these features:

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Airplane mode key (also called wireless button or wireless key) (referred to in this chapter as airplane 

mode key)

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Operating system controls

The computer may have an airplane mode key, one or more wireless devices, and one or two wireless lights. 

All the wireless devices on your computer are enabled at the factory.
The wireless light indicates the overall power state of your wireless devices, not the status of individual 

devices.

The Network and Sharing Center allows you to set up a connection or network, connect to a network, and 

diagnose and repair network problems.

Connecting to a wireless network

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