
6 Contents
Setting Up a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Printer Cable
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Connecting a USB Printer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Power Protection Devices
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Surge Protectors
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Line Conditioners
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Uninterruptible Power Supplies
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
7 Using Networks (LAN or Wireless) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Physically Connecting to a Network or Broadband Modem . . . . . . . . . . 73
Network Setup Wizard
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
What You Need to Establish a WLAN Connection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Checking Your Wireless Network Card
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Setting Up a New WLAN
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Connecting to a WLAN
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Determining the Wireless Network Device Manager
. . . . . . . . . . . 76
Completing the Connection to the WLAN
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Enabling/Disabling the Wireless Network Card
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Monitoring the Status of the Wireless Network Card Through Dell QuickSet
78
Mobile Broadband or Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN)
. . . . . . . . . 78
What You Need to Establish a Mobile Broadband Network Connection
. 78
Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Windows Firewall
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
8Using Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Supported Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Media Memory Card Reader
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Compact Flash Card Reader
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
ExpressCard Reader
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Extended Cards
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Installing a Media Memory Card or ExpressCard
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
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