Using a Network: Dell Latitude D620 User's Guide
NOTE:
Restart your wireless equipment in the order described below to prevent a potential
connection failure.
10. Turn on
only
your broadband modem and wait for at least 2 minutes for the broadband modem
to stabilize. After 2 minutes, proceed to
step 11
.
11. Turn on your wireless router and wait for at least 2 minutes for the wireless router to stabilize.
After 2 minutes, proceed to
step 12
.
12. Start your computer and wait until the boot process completes.
13. See the documentation that came with your wireless router to do the following in order to set
up the wireless router:
●
Establish communication between your computer and your wireless router.
●
Configure your wireless router to communicate with your broadband router.
●
Find out your wireless router's broadcast name. The technical term for the name of your
router's broadcast name is Service Set Identifier (SSID) or network name.
14. If necessary, configure your wireless network card to connect to the wireless network. See
Connecting to a Wireless Local Area Network
.
Connecting to a Wireless Local Area Network
NOTE:
Before you connect to a WLAN, ensure that you have followed the instructions in
Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)
.
NOTE:
The following networking instructions do not apply to internal cards with Bluetooth®
wireless technology or cellular products.
This section provides general procedures for connecting to a network via wireless technology. Specific
network names and configuration details vary. See
Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)
for more
information about how to prepare for connecting your computer to a WLAN.
Your wireless network card requires specific software and drivers for connecting to a network. The
software is already installed if you ordered the card at the same time you ordered your computer.
NOTE:
If the software is removed or corrupted, follow the instructions in the user
documentation for your wireless network card. Verify the type of wireless network card installed
in your computer and then search for that name on the Dell Support website at
support.dell.
com
. For information on the type of wireless network card that is installed in your computer,
see
Checking Your Wireless Network Card
.
Determining the Wireless Network Device Manager
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