Dell 6400 Owner's Manual

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Contents

Dell 6400 Owner's Manual Manual pdf 6 page image

6 Contents8 Setting Up a Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69Physically Connecting to a Network or Broadband Modem . . . . . . . . . . 69Network Setup Wizard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70What You Need to Establish a WLAN Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Checking Your Wireless Network Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70Setting Up a New WLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71Connecting to a Wireless Local Area Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72Enabling/Disabling the Wireless Network Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Monitoring the Status of Wireless Network Connections ThroughDell™ QuickSet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Mobile Broadband or Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN). . . . . . . . . 74What You Need to Establish a Mobile Broadband NetworkConnection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74Connecting to a Mobile Broadband Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759 Securing Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Security Cable Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Computer Tracking Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78If Your Computer Is Lost or Stolen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7810 Solving Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Dell Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79Dell Support Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Accessing the Dell Support Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Clicking the Dell Support Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Double-Clicking the Dell Support Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Drive Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83CD and DVD drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83If you cannot eject the CD, CD-RW, DVD, or DVD+RW drive tray . . . . . 83If you hear an unfamiliar scraping or grinding sound . . . . . . . . . . . 84Hard drive problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84