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Using and Troubleshooting WiFi
You’ll probably use your NOOK
Tablet in more than one place—
your home, a public WiFi hotspot
in a café or airport, or at a Barnes &
Noble location, to name just a few. In
those cases, you need to connect to
a WiFi network other than the initial
one you used when you set up your
tablet.
It’s simple. Just follow these steps:
➊
With your NOOK Tablet turned
on, press the NOOK button.
The Quick Nav bar appears.
➋
Tap the Settings icon and
select Wireless.
From the
screen that appears, make sure
that the button at the top right
is On, rather than Off.
➌
Tap the WiFi hotspot you want
to connect to.
➍
Type the password, if the
hotspot requires one, and then
tap Connect.
That’s all it takes; you’re connected.
Troubleshooting WiFi
The vast majority of the time, you should have no problems making a WiFi con-
nection. But wireless technology can be finicky sometimes, and when that hap-
pens, you might need some help. The technology is confusing enough that you
may feel the need to consult a local witch doctor or magician to help, but this
book is really all you need. Don’t go looking for your wizard hat yet.
One problem you may come across when making a connection to your home
network is that your network name doesn’t show up on the NOOK Tablet’s WiFi
list. If that’s the case, the likely hitch is that your home network is set up to be a
hidden network; that is, it doesn’t broadcast its presence to the world.