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Connecting to networks and devices

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Turn Wi-Fi on and connect to a Wi-Fi network

If you’re adding a Wi-Fi network when first setting up your tablet, Wi-Fi is turned on automatically, so you can skip to

step 4.

Open the Settings app.

1

See “Opening Settings” on page 90.
Touch

2

Wireless & networks

Wi-Fi settings.

Check

3

Wi-Fi to turn it on.

The tablet scans for available Wi-Fi networks and displays the names of those it finds. Secured networks are

indicated with a Lock icon.
If the tablet finds a network that you connected to previously, it connects to it.
Touch a network to connect to it.

4

If the network is open, you are prompted to confirm that you want to connect to that network by touching Connect.
If the network is secured, you’re prompted to enter a password or other credentials. (Ask your network administrator

for details.)
By default, you obtain an address on the network from the network itself, using the DHCP protocol.
You can touch DHCP to change the IP settings to Static, so you can enter an address and other network details

manually, if you or your network administrator require it. If you do, you must enter:

An IP address for your tablet that is valid and unique for your Wi-Fi network

The Gateway for the network