Managing wireless networks
Viewing or editing a network
To view or edit an existing or available wireless network, perform the following steps:
1.
Turn on the WLAN.
2.
Tap the
Connectivity
icon in the Navigation bar, tap
Settings > Advanced
tab >
Network Card
,
and then select the
Wireless
tab. In the
Wireless networks
box, tap name of the desired network
to review or edit. Or on the
Start
screen, tap
Settings > Connections
tab >
Connections
icon >
Advanced > Network Card > Wireless
tab. Tap the network desired to review or edit.
3.
If edits are made to the existing settings, then tap
OK
to save the new settings.
Deleting a network
To delete a wireless network, perform the following steps:
1.
Turn on the WLAN.
2.
Tap the
Connectivity
icon in the Navigation bar.
3.
In the
Connectivity
pop-up box, tap
Settings
, the
Advanced
tab,
Network Card
, and then the
Wireless
tab.
4.
In the
Wireless networks box
tap the name of the desired network to delete, and hold down the
stylus for a few seconds until the
Connect/Remove Settings
drop-down box appears. Tap
Remove
Settings
. Or on the
Start
menu tap
Settings
, the
Connections
tab, the
Connections
icon, the
Advanced
tab, and then
Network Card
. Tap the
Wireless
tab, highlight the desired connection to
delete, and hold the stylus down a few seconds until the drop-down box appears.
5.
Tap
Remove Settings
.
Monitoring signal strength and status
Perform the following steps to view the signal strength between the HP iPAQ Pocket PC h4100 or
h4300 series handheld device and the access point WLAN connection:
Note:
The signal strength icon will only display when a connection is present.
1.
Tap the
Connectivity
icon ( or ) in the Navigation bar. The
Connectivity
box displays the type
of network the HP iPAQ is connected to (
Work
or
Internet
). Displayed next to the network type
(either
Internet
or
Work
) is the field
Wireless Card
, followed by vertical green bars. Four bars
indicate the strongest signal strength.
Figure 3.
The WLAN signal strength indicator
2.
To make changes to the connection, tap
Settings
.
3.
To exit the
Connectivity
box, tap the
Hide
button.
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