Dell Latitude D430 (Mid 2007) - Manual (Page 5)

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Microsoft Windows Vista® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
7 Setting Up and Using Networks
Connecting a Network or Broadband Modem Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Setting Up a Network in the Microsoft® Windows® XP Operating System . . 46
Setting Up a Network in the Microsoft Windows Vista® Operating System . 46
Wireless Local Area Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
What You Need to Establish a WLAN Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Checking Your Wireless Network Card
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47
Setting Up a New WLAN Using a Wireless Router and a Broadband Modem 48
Connecting to a WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Mobile Broadband (or Wireless Wide Area Network) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
What You Need to Establish a Mobile Broadband Network Connection
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Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Managing Your Network Settings Through the Dell QuickSet Location Profiler 53
Dell Wi-Fi Catcher™ Network Locator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Microsoft ® Windows ® Firewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
8 Using Cards
Card Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Card Blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
PC Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
PC Card Blanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Extended PC Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Installing a PC Card or an ExpressCard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Removing a PC Card or Blank
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Installing or Removing a Secure Digital (SD) Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Extended Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60