HP Pavilion zt1100 HP Pavilion zt1100/xz200 Series and HP Omnibook xt1500 Note - Page 118

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Troubleshooting and Maintenance Getting Assistance for Your Notebook If you have trouble connecting to another computer in My Network Places • Wait a few minutes, then press F5 to refresh the list of computers on the network. • Click Start, Search to locate the computer. If you cannot connect to a particular computer on the network • Make sure the computer is properly connected to the network. • Make sure your TCP/IP setup is correct for your network: click Start, Control Panel, Network and Internet Connections, Network Connections. Contact your system administrator for the correct settings. If the wireless link icon in the taskbar is red • Make sure you are using the correct SSID and channel settings: click the wireless link icon in the taskbar and select Advanced Configuration. Contact your system administrator for the correct settings. • Make sure you are in range of an access point (for an infrastructure connection) or other wireless computer (for an AdHoc connection). You can connect, but the network is slow • Check whether you might be in an area served by more than one wireless LAN. If so, the LANs could be interfering with each other. • Move closer to the access point (for an infrastructure connection) or other wireless computer (for an AdHoc connection). You could be too far away for high-speed communication. • Stop using any USB device that may be transferring large amounts of data, or adjust application settings to reduce the transfer rate. 118 Reference Guide

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Troubleshooting and Maintenance
Getting Assistance for Your Notebook
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Reference Guide
If you have trouble connecting to another computer in My Network Places
Wait a few minutes, then press F5 to refresh the list of computers on the network.
Click Start, Search to locate the computer.
If you cannot connect to a particular computer on the network
Make sure the computer is properly connected to the network.
Make sure your TCP/IP setup is correct for your network: click Start, Control Panel,
Network and Internet Connections, Network Connections. Contact your system
administrator for the correct settings.
If the wireless link icon in the taskbar is red
Make sure you are using the correct SSID and channel settings: click the wireless link
icon in the taskbar and select Advanced Configuration. Contact your system
administrator for the correct settings.
Make sure you are in range of an access point (for an infrastructure connection) or
other wireless computer (for an AdHoc connection).
You can connect, but the network is slow
Check whether you might be in an area served by more than one wireless LAN. If so,
the LANs could be interfering with each other.
Move closer to the access point (for an infrastructure connection) or other wireless
computer (for an AdHoc connection). You could be too far away for high-speed
communication.
Stop using any USB device that may be transferring large amounts of data, or adjust
application settings to reduce the transfer rate.