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... network, as well as Cisco Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol (LEAP) and profile import/export. Executive summary HP has a comprehensive offering of mobile wireless local area network (WLAN) solutions that address enterprise business requirements for enterprise IT managers. There are similar... explosive growth in future driver releases. WLAN is protected by HP and our WLAN technology partners. HP addresses the need for WLAN authentication through support for enterprise notebooks and Tablet PCs, including WLAN adapters based on the WLAN is a particular concern...
... network, as well as Cisco Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol (LEAP) and profile import/export. Executive summary HP has a comprehensive offering of mobile wireless local area network (WLAN) solutions that address enterprise business requirements for enterprise IT managers. There are similar... explosive growth in future driver releases. WLAN is protected by HP and our WLAN technology partners. HP addresses the need for WLAN authentication through support for enterprise notebooks and Tablet PCs, including WLAN adapters based on the WLAN is a particular concern...
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... However, with previous revisions, simplify maintenance of HP client PCs under a common architecture and single user interface. or 256-bit) blocks of HP WLAN solutions include: Restricted user rights User rights...for some cases from most recent WLAN security standard that are compatible across multiple notebooks and WLAN adapters, and are backwards compatible with the symmetrical RC4 stream cipher2 ...of the IEEE 802.11 family of WLAN specifications, WEP security was intended to make wireless networks as secure as embedded security chips designed to the Trusted Computing Group (TCG)...
... However, with previous revisions, simplify maintenance of HP client PCs under a common architecture and single user interface. or 256-bit) blocks of HP WLAN solutions include: Restricted user rights User rights...for some cases from most recent WLAN security standard that are compatible across multiple notebooks and WLAN adapters, and are backwards compatible with the symmetrical RC4 stream cipher2 ...of the IEEE 802.11 family of WLAN specifications, WEP security was intended to make wireless networks as secure as embedded security chips designed to the Trusted Computing Group (TCG)...
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... performance, regardless of 802.11a while remaining compatible with Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN products and support proprietary Cisco features that customers can cause localized signal weaknesses at either the 5 GHz or 2.4 GHz frequency bands. HP is oriented. HP WLAN adapters HP notebooks and tablet PCs for maximum range and throughput. The adapter must be incomplete without...
... performance, regardless of 802.11a while remaining compatible with Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN products and support proprietary Cisco features that customers can cause localized signal weaknesses at either the 5 GHz or 2.4 GHz frequency bands. HP is oriented. HP WLAN adapters HP notebooks and tablet PCs for maximum range and throughput. The adapter must be incomplete without...
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... m Table 2: WLAN adapter availability by product HP Notebook Intel PRO/ Wireless 2100 HP Compaq Business Notebook nc4000 No HP Compaq Business Notebook nc4010 Yes HP Compaq Business Notebook nc6000 Yes HP Compaq Business Notebook nc8000 Yes HP Compaq Mobile Workstation nw8000 Yes HP Compaq Tablet PC TC1100 Yes Intel PRO/ Wireless 2200BG No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes HP WLAN W400 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes...
... m Table 2: WLAN adapter availability by product HP Notebook Intel PRO/ Wireless 2100 HP Compaq Business Notebook nc4000 No HP Compaq Business Notebook nc4010 Yes HP Compaq Business Notebook nc6000 Yes HP Compaq Business Notebook nc8000 Yes HP Compaq Mobile Workstation nw8000 Yes HP Compaq Tablet PC TC1100 Yes Intel PRO/ Wireless 2200BG No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes HP WLAN W400 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes...
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Atheros (Atheros Client Utility) 2.4 3.1 Microsoft Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration Utility XP SP1 XP SP2 HP Rev. Control (as on Web) WLAN HW Support 2.00E 3.00A N/A 12 Mar 04 20 April 04 W400, W400, ALL W500 W500 N/A ALL OS Support Availability... summarizes the primary features of 2004. 8 WPA2 interoperability testing expected to start in the second half of the client software supported by the previously listed HP Compaq ncand tc-series products. Pro/Wireless wireless network adapters, the manufacturer's software is the Intel ProSet Network Configuration Utility.
Atheros (Atheros Client Utility) 2.4 3.1 Microsoft Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration Utility XP SP1 XP SP2 HP Rev. Control (as on Web) WLAN HW Support 2.00E 3.00A N/A 12 Mar 04 20 April 04 W400, W400, ALL W500 W500 N/A ALL OS Support Availability... summarizes the primary features of 2004. 8 WPA2 interoperability testing expected to start in the second half of the client software supported by the previously listed HP Compaq ncand tc-series products. Pro/Wireless wireless network adapters, the manufacturer's software is the Intel ProSet Network Configuration Utility.
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... ProSet Network Configuration Utility Recommended WLAN adapters • HP WLAN W400, W500 • Intel Pro/Wireless 2100, 2200BG • HP WLAN W400, W500 • Intel Pro/Wireless 2100, 2200BG • Intel Pro/Wireless 2100, 2200BG • HP WLAN W500 • • HP WLAN W400, W500 • Intel Pro/Wireless 2100, 2200BG 10 Selecting the right WLAN solution Because...
... ProSet Network Configuration Utility Recommended WLAN adapters • HP WLAN W400, W500 • Intel Pro/Wireless 2100, 2200BG • HP WLAN W400, W500 • Intel Pro/Wireless 2100, 2200BG • Intel Pro/Wireless 2100, 2200BG • HP WLAN W500 • • HP WLAN W400, W500 • Intel Pro/Wireless 2100, 2200BG 10 Selecting the right WLAN solution Because...
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... Connecting to a Local Area Network (LAN 4-5 Making Wireless Network Connections (Select Models Only 4-6 To Turn Wireless Communication On and Off . . . . . 4-7 5 Add-On Devices Connecting External Devices 5-1 To Insert or Remove a PC Card 5-1 To Connect an Audio Device 5-3 To Connect a TV to Your Notebook (Select Models Only 5-4 Switching the Display to the ... To Replace the Hard Drive 5-12 To Replace the Hard Drive Holder 5-13 To Prepare a New Hard Drive 5-14 6 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Your Notebook 6-1 Audio Problems 6-2 CD-ROM and DVD Problems 6-3 Reference Guide v
... Connecting to a Local Area Network (LAN 4-5 Making Wireless Network Connections (Select Models Only 4-6 To Turn Wireless Communication On and Off . . . . . 4-7 5 Add-On Devices Connecting External Devices 5-1 To Insert or Remove a PC Card 5-1 To Connect an Audio Device 5-3 To Connect a TV to Your Notebook (Select Models Only 5-4 Switching the Display to the ... To Replace the Hard Drive 5-12 To Replace the Hard Drive Holder 5-13 To Prepare a New Hard Drive 5-14 6 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Your Notebook 6-1 Audio Problems 6-2 CD-ROM and DVD Problems 6-3 Reference Guide v
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... 6-7 Local Area Network (LAN) Problems 6-8 Memory Problems 6-9 Modem Problems 6-10 PC Card (PCMCIA) Problems 6-13 Performance Problems 6-14 Power and Battery Pack Problems 6-15 Printing Problems 6-18 Serial, Parallel and USB Problems 6-19 Startup Problems 6-20 Wireless Problems 6-21 Configuring Your Notebook 6-23 To Run the BIOS Setup Utility 6-23 Updating Software and...
... 6-7 Local Area Network (LAN) Problems 6-8 Memory Problems 6-9 Modem Problems 6-10 PC Card (PCMCIA) Problems 6-13 Performance Problems 6-14 Power and Battery Pack Problems 6-15 Printing Problems 6-18 Serial, Parallel and USB Problems 6-19 Startup Problems 6-20 Wireless Problems 6-21 Configuring Your Notebook 6-23 To Run the BIOS Setup Utility 6-23 Updating Software and...
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Infrared port (select models only) q Hard drive 1-2 Reference Guide Getting Started with Your Notebook Front Panel and Right Panel Components 1 Main status lights (left to right): power mode, hard drive activity, and battery 2 TouchPad, scroll pad, Click buttons, and an on-off button 3 Power button: turns the notebook on and off 4 Keyboard status lights 5 One-Touch buttons 6 Notebook open/close latch 7 CD-ROM, DVD, or other drive 8 Battery pack 9 Wireless on-off button and indicator light (select models only) -
Infrared port (select models only) q Hard drive 1-2 Reference Guide Getting Started with Your Notebook Front Panel and Right Panel Components 1 Main status lights (left to right): power mode, hard drive activity, and battery 2 TouchPad, scroll pad, Click buttons, and an on-off button 3 Power button: turns the notebook on and off 4 Keyboard status lights 5 One-Touch buttons 6 Notebook open/close latch 7 CD-ROM, DVD, or other drive 8 Battery pack 9 Wireless on-off button and indicator light (select models only) -
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If you install a device and then receive a warning message, remove the device to restore notebook functionality. Then contact Customer Care. 1-4 Reference Guide Getting Started with Your Notebook Bottom Panel Components 1 Hard drive 2 Battery latch 3 RAM (memory) cover 4 Reset button 5 Mini PCI cover (no user parts inside) Ä CAUTION: To prevent an unresponsive system and the display of a warning message, install only a Mini PCI device authorized for use in your notebook by the governmental agency that regulates wireless devices in your country.
If you install a device and then receive a warning message, remove the device to restore notebook functionality. Then contact Customer Care. 1-4 Reference Guide Getting Started with Your Notebook Bottom Panel Components 1 Hard drive 2 Battery latch 3 RAM (memory) cover 4 Reset button 5 Mini PCI cover (no user parts inside) Ä CAUTION: To prevent an unresponsive system and the display of a warning message, install only a Mini PCI device authorized for use in your notebook by the governmental agency that regulates wireless devices in your country.
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...suggestions to high temperatures for more before using it . Some PC Cards use . ■ If the notebook will be unused and unplugged for extended periods of time. ■ High temperatures accelerate the self-discharge rate of your notebook has a wireless on -off button to turn off the light. ■...; If you have more than one, rotate them. ■ Unplug the AC adapter when the notebook is not in a cool, dry location. ■ To ...
...suggestions to high temperatures for more before using it . Some PC Cards use . ■ If the notebook will be unused and unplugged for extended periods of time. ■ High temperatures accelerate the self-discharge rate of your notebook has a wireless on -off button to turn off the light. ■...; If you have more than one, rotate them. ■ Unplug the AC adapter when the notebook is not in a cool, dry location. ■ To ...
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...-off button, you can move from place to place within the network-from your notebook connects to the network by radio to an 802.11 wireless local area network (WLAN) and access computers and other resources on the network the entire time. Å WARNING: Exposure ...to Radio Frequency Radiation. To avoid the possibility of a typical "wired" network, but also provides for "roaming." A wireless network provides all the functions of exceeding the FCC radio frequency exposure limits, human proximity to a conference room, for human contact during normal operation,...
...-off button, you can move from place to place within the network-from your notebook connects to the network by radio to an 802.11 wireless local area network (WLAN) and access computers and other resources on the network the entire time. Å WARNING: Exposure ...to Radio Frequency Radiation. To avoid the possibility of a typical "wired" network, but also provides for "roaming." A wireless network provides all the functions of exceeding the FCC radio frequency exposure limits, human proximity to a conference room, for human contact during normal operation,...
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... Control Panel, then select the connection. You must use wireless communication. Turning On Communication and Making a Connection If your notebook has wireless 802.11 capabilities, the wireless indicator light on the front of the notebook turns on when 802.11 communication is not on, turn wireless 802.11 communication on and off button on the front...
... Control Panel, then select the connection. You must use wireless communication. Turning On Communication and Making a Connection If your notebook has wireless 802.11 capabilities, the wireless indicator light on the front of the notebook turns on when 802.11 communication is not on, turn wireless 802.11 communication on and off button on the front...
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Close any files that reside on -off button. -orRight-click the wireless network connection icon in Standby or shutting it down also turns off the wireless function. 4-8 Reference Guide Putting the notebook in the taskbar, then select Disable. To turn off the wireless 802.11 communication without turning off the notebook, press the wireless on other network notebooks. 2. Modem and Network Connections Turning Off Communication and Ending a Connection 1.
Close any files that reside on -off button. -orRight-click the wireless network connection icon in Standby or shutting it down also turns off the wireless function. 4-8 Reference Guide Putting the notebook in the taskbar, then select Disable. To turn off the wireless 802.11 communication without turning off the notebook, press the wireless on other network notebooks. 2. Modem and Network Connections Turning Off Communication and Ending a Connection 1.
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...connect a device that has a 6-wire plug, you can use it to connect devices such as audio and video equipment, disk drives, printers, and other notebooks, can purchase a simple adapter if the device is a 4-wire port. To Connect an Infrared Device (Select Models Only) ✎ Select models include ...enabled. Attach the device cable to the 1394 port. Add-On Devices To Connect a 1394 Device (Select Models Only) If your notebook has a 1394 port (also known as firewire), you can communicate wirelessly using this connection, go to the device manufacturer Web site for the latest version of the...
...connect a device that has a 6-wire plug, you can use it to connect devices such as audio and video equipment, disk drives, printers, and other notebooks, can purchase a simple adapter if the device is a 4-wire port. To Connect an Infrared Device (Select Models Only) ✎ Select models include ...enabled. Attach the device cable to the 1394 port. Add-On Devices To Connect a 1394 Device (Select Models Only) If your notebook has a 1394 port (also known as firewire), you can communicate wirelessly using this connection, go to the device manufacturer Web site for the latest version of the...
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Add-On Devices Using the Infrared Port ■ Make sure the infrared port of your notebook and the infrared port of communications, open Wireless Link by using Wireless Link. 5-8 Reference Guide Noise from your applications as you may need to any other . If Standby is in Standby, an... the status of the device with which you want to communicate are positioned in between. See the Windows online Help for instructions on using Wireless Link. Avoiding Standby While Using Infrared Standby is not compatible with no more than 3.3 feet (1 meter) apart with infrared transmission. The...
Add-On Devices Using the Infrared Port ■ Make sure the infrared port of your notebook and the infrared port of communications, open Wireless Link by using Wireless Link. 5-8 Reference Guide Noise from your applications as you may need to any other . If Standby is in Standby, an... the status of the device with which you want to communicate are positioned in between. See the Windows online Help for instructions on using Wireless Link. Avoiding Standby While Using Infrared Standby is not compatible with no more than 3.3 feet (1 meter) apart with infrared transmission. The...
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...been reinitialized, the Windows desktop will see a blinking cursor on . ■ Make sure you will appear. Wireless Problems If You Have Problems with no DHCP server. If the Notebook Takes a Long Time to resume if it has a network card installed. While the operating system is on ...your display. If your network administrator to a TCP/IP network with Wireless 802.11 Communication ■ Make sure the wireless indicator light is loading drivers...
...been reinitialized, the Windows desktop will see a blinking cursor on . ■ Make sure you will appear. Wireless Problems If You Have Problems with no DHCP server. If the Notebook Takes a Long Time to resume if it has a network card installed. While the operating system is on ...your display. If your network administrator to a TCP/IP network with Wireless 802.11 Communication ■ Make sure the wireless indicator light is loading drivers...
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...Places ■ Wait a few minutes, then press F5 to refresh the list of an access point (for an infrastructure connection) or other wireless notebook (for your notebook, and you may first have been assigned an IP address. Select Start > Control Panel > Network Connections. 6-22 Reference Guide If the... subnet mask for your wireless connection is correct for an Ad Hoc connection). ■ When you log on the network. ■ Select Start > Search > Notebooks or People to locate the notebook. Troubleshooting ■ Make sure you are in range of notebooks on to an 802.11 ...
...Places ■ Wait a few minutes, then press F5 to refresh the list of an access point (for an infrastructure connection) or other wireless notebook (for your notebook, and you may first have been assigned an IP address. Select Start > Control Panel > Network Connections. 6-22 Reference Guide If the... subnet mask for your wireless connection is correct for an Ad Hoc connection). ■ When you log on the network. ■ Select Start > Search > Notebooks or People to locate the notebook. Troubleshooting ■ Make sure you are in range of notebooks on to an 802.11 ...
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... Off Computer > Restart. 2. You could be interfering with each other. ■ Move closer to the access point (for an infrastructure connection) or other wireless notebook (for an Ad Hoc connection). The pointing devices are not active in BIOS Setup, so you might be too far away for the current parameter..., or press enter to change a setting. If so, the LANs could be in an area served by more than one wireless LAN. Troubleshooting If You Can Connect, But the Network Is Slow ■ Check whether you will need to use the keyboard to navigate: ❏...
... Off Computer > Restart. 2. You could be interfering with each other. ■ Move closer to the access point (for an infrastructure connection) or other wireless notebook (for an Ad Hoc connection). The pointing devices are not active in BIOS Setup, so you might be too far away for the current parameter..., or press enter to change a setting. If so, the LANs could be in an area served by more than one wireless LAN. Troubleshooting If You Can Connect, But the Network Is Slow ■ Check whether you will need to use the keyboard to navigate: ❏...
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... back panel 1-3 bottom panel 1-4 front panel 1-2 keyboard status lights 1-2 left panel 1-3 right panel 1-2 status lights 1-1 configuring modem 4-4 notebook 6-23 connecting 1394 device 5-7 AC power 1-8 audio device 5-3 external devices 5-1 local area network (LAN) 4-5 phone line 1-9 wireless network 4-6 connectors audio 1-3 RJ-11 (modem) 1-3 RJ-45 (network) 1-3 security 1-3 S-Video out 1-3 D decreasing display brightness 2-6 diskette drive...
... back panel 1-3 bottom panel 1-4 front panel 1-2 keyboard status lights 1-2 left panel 1-3 right panel 1-2 status lights 1-1 configuring modem 4-4 notebook 6-23 connecting 1394 device 5-7 AC power 1-8 audio device 5-3 external devices 5-1 local area network (LAN) 4-5 phone line 1-9 wireless network 4-6 connectors audio 1-3 RJ-11 (modem) 1-3 RJ-45 (network) 1-3 security 1-3 S-Video out 1-3 D decreasing display brightness 2-6 diskette drive...