HP PAVILION DV2500 User manual

Wireless (Select Models Only)

User Guide

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First Edition: April 2007

Document Part Number: 444395-001

Product notice

This user guide describes features that are common to most models. Some features may not be available

on your computer.

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Table of contents

1About integrated wireless devices

2Using the wireless controls

Using the wireless switch .......................................................................................................... 3

Using Wireless Assistant software (select models only) .................................................................. 4

Using operating system controls ................................................................................................. 4

3Using WLAN devices (select models only)

Setting up a WLAN .................................................................................................................. 6

Connecting to a WLAN ............................................................................................................ 7

Using wireless security features .................................................................................................. 7

Identifying a WLAN device ....................................................................................................... 8

4Using HP Broadband Wireless (select models only)

Inserting a SIM ...................................................................................................................... 10

Removing a SIM .................................................................................................................... 12

5Using Bluetooth wireless devices (select models only)

Index ................................................................................................................................. 15

1About integrated wireless devices

Wireless technology transfers data across radio waves instead of wires. Your computer may be equipped

with one or more of the following wireless devices:

●Wireless local area network (WLAN) device—Connects the computer to wireless local area networks

(commonly referred to as Wi-Fi networks, wireless LANs, or WLANs) in corporate offices, your home,

and public places such as airports, restaurants, coffee shops, hotels, and universities. In a WLAN,

each mobile wireless device communicates with a wireless router or a wireless access point.

●HP Broadband Wireless Module—A wireless wide area network (WWAN) device that provides

access to information wherever mobile network operator service is available. In a WWAN, each

mobile device communicates to a mobile network operator’s base station. Mobile network operators

install networks of base stations (similar to cell phone towers) throughout large geographic areas,

effectively providing coverage across entire states, regions, or even countries.

●

devices such as computers, phones, printers, headsets, speakers, and cameras. In a PAN, each

device communicates directly with other devices, and devices must be relatively close together—

typically within 33 feet of each other.

For more information on wireless technology, refer to the information and Web site links provided in Help

and Support.

Bluetooth® device—Creates a personal area network (PAN) to connect to other Bluetooth-enabled

2Using the wireless controls

You can control the wireless devices in your computer using these methods:

●Wireless switch

●Wireless Assistant software (select models only)

●Operating system controls

2Chapter2Using the wireless controls

Using the wireless switch

The computer has a wireless switch, one or more wireless devices, and one or two wireless lights,

depending on the model. All of the wireless devices on your computer are enabled at the factory, so the

wireless light is on (blue) when you turn on the computer.

The wireless light indicates the overall power state of your wireless devices, not the status of individual

devices. If the wireless light is blue, at least one wireless device is on. If the wireless light is off (amber),

all wireless devices are off.

Because the wireless devices are enabled at the factory, you can use the wireless switch to turn on or turn

off the wireless devices simultaneously. Individual wireless devices can be controlled through Wireless

Assistant software (select models only).

Using the wireless switch 3

Using Wireless Assistant software (select models

only)

A wireless device can be turned on or off using the Wireless Assistant software.

NOTE: Enabling or turning on a wireless device does not automatically connect the computer to

a network or a Bluetooth-enabled device.

To view the state of the wireless devices, click the Wireless Assistant icon

Center.

For more information, refer to the Wireless Assistant online Help:

1.Open Wireless Assistant by clicking the icon in the Windows Mobility Center.

2.Click the Help button.

Using operating system controls

Some operating systems also offer a way to manage integrated wireless devices and the wireless

connection. For more information, refer to the user guide for your operating system.

4Chapter2Using the wireless controls

in the Windows® Mobility

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