Connecting to the Wireless Network:
Dell� TrueMobile� 1300 Wireless USB Adapter User's Guide
With the Dell TrueMobile 1300 USB2.0 WLAN Card driver and
Configuration Utility installed, your computer automatically scans for wireless
networks. You can connect to any of the networks your card sees, and change the
parameters of your communications with any of these networks, by starting the
Configuration Utility. The facilities provided by the Configuration Utility to
accomplish this differ slightly depending on whether or not your computer runs
the Windows XP operating system with the Wireless Zero Configuration service
enabled.
The Wireless Zero Configuration service allows the Windows XP
operating system to handle the configuration of your connection to a wireless
network. With this service enabled, if you are not connected to a wireless
network when you start the Configuration utility, the following window appears
on your desktop:
This window lists the networks to which you can connect. To
connect to any of these networks, choose it from the list and click the Connect button.
Once your connection is established,
the Wireless Network Connection window (shown
below) appears on your desktop.
With this service enabled, if you are already connected to a wireless
network when you start the Configuration utility, the following window appears
on your desktop:
You can click the Open Network Properties button to access the tools
provided by Windows XP to manage network connections. Consult your operating
system documentation for information on using these tools.
If your computer runs the Windows 2000 operating system or
the Windows XP operating system with Wireless Zero Configuration disabled, all
configuration of your connection to the wireless network is controlled by the
Configuration Utility. Under these conditions, if you are not connected to a
wireless network when you start the Configuration utility, the Wireless
Networks window appears on your desktop:
The networks to which you can connect are listed in the
window in the Available networks section. To connect
to any of these networks, choose it from the list and click the Configure
button to the right of the list. You can also add a network to the list by clicking
the Add button beneath the Preferred Networks list. Adding and
configuring a network is explained in
the Configuring a Wireless Network section of
this manual.
If you are already connected to a wireless network when you
start the Configuration utility, the Link Status menu appears on your desktop.
Refer to the Link Status section for a description
of the information displayed by this menu. To connect to a different network,
follow the instructions in the Configuring a
Wireless Network section of this manual.
