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Disabling/Enabling Wireless Communication
To disable all wireless communication
1
Slide the wireless switch (A) to OFF.
NOTE
If you uninstall the Wireless Switch Utility, set the wireless switch to ON beforehand.
Do not turn on/off the switch repeatedly at too short intervals.
Do not restart, log off, or enter standby or hibernation immediately after turning on/off the switch.
Do not turn on/off the switch while Windows is starting up.
To use wireless communication, set the wireless devices ([Wireless LAN] / [Bluetooth] / [Wireless WAN]) to [Enabled]
(default) in the [Advanced] menu of the Setup Utility (
When you set [Wireless Switch] to [Disabled] in the [Advanced] menu of the Setup Utility (
), the Wireless
Switch Utility icon will not appear in the notification area. All wireless equipment (wireless LAN, Bluetooth, wireless
WAN) will remain ready irrespective of the wireless switch setting.
It may take some time to turn off wireless communication after switching the wireless switch off.
If the IEEE802.11a setting is changed in [Device Manager] (
), the display will be changed accordingly.
You can check the wireless LAN communication status in Intel
®
PROSet/Wireless Software. Perform either of the fol-
lowing procedures.
• Double-click
,
,
, or
on the notification area.
• Click [start] - [All Programs] - [Intel PROSet Wireless] - [WiFi Connection Utility].
The Wireless Switch