Dell Latitude D530 (Early 2008) - Manual (Page 6)

6 Contents
8 Setting Up and Using Networks
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79
Connecting a Network or Broadband Modem Cable . . 79
Setting Up a Network in the Microsoft®
Windows® XP Operating System
. . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Setting Up a Network in the Microsoft Windows
Vista
® Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) . . . . . . . . . 80
What You Need to Establish a WLAN Connection . 80
Checking Your Wireless Network Card . . . . . . 81
Setting Up a New WLAN Using a Wireless Router
and a Broadband Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Connecting to a WLAN
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83
Mobile Broadband/Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) 85
What You Need to Establish a Mobile
Broadband Network Connection
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86
Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card . . . . 86
Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network . . . 87
Microsoft ® Windows ® Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
9 Using Cards
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89
Card Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Card Blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Extended Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Installing a PC Card or ExpressCard . . . . . . . . . . 90
Removing a Card or Blank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92