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3 Connecting to a network
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.
Connecting to a wireless network
Wireless technology transfers data across radio waves instead of wires. Your computer may be
equipped with one or more of the following wireless devices:
● Wireless local area network (WLAN) device (select models only)—Connects the computer to
wireless local area networks (commonly referred to as Wi-Fi networks, wireless LANs, or WLANs)
in corporate offices, your home, and public places such as airports, restaurants, coffee shops,
hotels, and universities. In a WLAN, the mobile wireless device in your computer communicates
with a wireless router or a wireless access point.
● HP Mobile Broadband Module (select models only)—A wireless wide area network (WWAN)
device that gives you wireless connectivity over a much larger area. Mobile network operators
install base stations (similar to cell phone towers) throughout large geographic areas, effectively
providing coverage across entire states, regions, or even countries.
● Bluetooth device (select models only)—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, see the information and website links provided in HP
Support Assistant. To access HP Support Assistant on the Start screen, select the HP Support
Assistant app.
Using the wireless controls
You can control the wireless devices in your computer using these features:
● Wireless button, wireless switch, or wireless key (referred to in this chapter as the wireless button)
● Operating system controls
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