Toshiba Portege 3500, User Manual

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Operating Basics
User’s Manual 4-15
Portégé 3500
Version
1
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The computer’s wireless communication function supports both wireless
LAN and Bluetooth devices.
In this chapter, the descriptions on Wireless LAN or Bluetooth are
applicable to the model equipped with Wireless LAN or Bluetooth function
respectively.
Carefully check that the computer is available for wireless LAN
communication in Tablet mode for wireless LAN and Bluetooth.
Laptop mode gives the highest reception sensitivity of wireless
communication. Change the operation mode of the computer to the
laptop mode when you cannot use the wireless communication in the
Tablet mode.
Also try to use the computer in the laptop mode with the LCD panel open
when you cannot use the wireless communication even if in the laptop
mode with the LCD closed.
The reception sensitivity of wireless communication becomes lower in the
operation mode described below.
Laptop mode (with LCD panel open)
->
Laptop mode (with LCD panel
closed)
->
Tablet mode
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The wireless LAN is compatible with other LAN systems based on Direct
Sequence Spread Spectrum radio technology that complies with
IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN standard (Revision B). It supports the following
features:
■
Automatic Transmit Rate Select mechanism in the transmit range of
11, 5.5, 2 and 1 Mbit/s.
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Frequency Channel Selection (2.4 GHz)
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Roaming over multiple channels
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Card Power Management
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Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) data encryption, based on the 128 bit
RC4 encryption algorithm as defined in the IEEE 802.11 standard on
wireless LANs.
Wake-up on LAN does not function on a wireless LAN.
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Be sure to enable WEP (encryption) function. Otherwise your computer
will allow the illegal access by outsider through wireless LAN to cause
illegal intrusion, eavesdropping, and loss or destruction of stored data.
TOSHIBA strongly recom-mend the customer to enable the WEP function.