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Disabling/Enabling Wireless Communication
To check the wireless communication status
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Place the cursor over the Wireless Switch Utility icon (
or
) on the notification
area.
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Do not turn on/off the switch repeatedly at too short intervals.
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Do not restart, log off, or enter standby or hibernation immediately after turning on/off the switch.
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Do not turn on/off the switch while Windows is starting up.
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To use wireless communication, set the wireless devices ([Wireless LAN] / [Bluetooth] / [Wireless WAN]) to [Enabled]
(default) in the [Advanced] menu of the Setup Utility.
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It may take some time to turn off wireless communication after switching the wireless switch off.
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If the IEEE802.11a setting is changed in [Device Manager], the display will be changed accordingly.
You can automatically disable the wireless LAN connection when a LAN cable is connected to your computer. You need to
install the Wireless Connection Disable Utility to use this function.
Installing the utility
1
Log on to Windows as an administrator.
2
Click [start] - [Run] and input [c:\util\wdisable\setup.exe], and click [OK].
3
Follow the on-screen instructions to install the Wireless Connection Disable Utility.
Checking the status of the Wireless Connection
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The Wireless Switch Utility should also be installed so that the Wireless Connection Disable Utility works.
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The utility does not automatically disable the Bluetooth connection.
Wireless Connection Disable Utility