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User’s Manual 4-35
Operating Basics
Security
Two advanced security mechanisms ensure a high level of security:
■ Authentication prevents access to critical data and makes it impossible
to falsify the origin of a message.
■ Encryption prevents eavesdropping and maintains link privacy.
Wireless Communication Hot Key
You can enable or disable RF transmission(Wireless LAN, Bluetooth, etc.)
functions on and off by pressing FN + F8. No transmissions are sent or
received when the function is off.
Turn the computer off when you enter an airplane and check the carrier’s
regulations before you use a computer on board.
Wireless Communication Indicator
The wireless communication indicator indicates the status of the wireless
communication functions.
If you used the Task Bar to disable Wireless LAN, restart the computer or
follow the procedures below to enable the system to recognize Wireless
LAN. Click Start → Control Panel → System and Security → System →
Device Manager → Network Adaptors, and right click the wireless device
then choose Enable.
It may not be possible to make a network connection to a specified network
name using the ad hoc network function.
If this occurs, the new network(*) will have to be configured for all
computers connected to the same network in order to re-enable network
connections.
* Please be sure to use new network name.
Set the function to off in airplanes and hospitals. Check the indicator. It will
stop glowing when the wireless communication function is off.
Indicator status Indication
Indicator off
Wireless communication function is set to off.
Indicator glows
Wireless communication function is on.
Wireless LAN, Bluetooth, etc. is turned on by an
application.