Table of contents
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Features
Identifying hardware
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Top components
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TouchPad
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1
Lights
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3
Buttons and fingerprint reader (select models only)
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6
Keys
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10
Front components
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Right-side components
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Left-side components
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14
Rear components
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Bottom components
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Display components
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Wireless antennas (select models only)
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18
Additional hardware components
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19
Identifying the labels
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19
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Wireless, modem, and local area network
Using wireless devices (select models only)
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21
Identifying wireless and network icons
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Using the wireless controls
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22
Using the wireless button
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22
Using Wireless Assistant software (select models only)
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23
Using HP Connection Manager (select models only)
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23
Using operating system controls
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Using a WLAN device (select models only)
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24
Setting up a WLAN
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Protecting your WLAN
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Connecting to a WLAN
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Roaming to another network
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Using HP Mobile Broadband (select models only)
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27
Inserting a SIM
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Removing a SIM
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28
Using a Bluetooth wireless device
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Bluetooth and Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)
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30
Troubleshooting wireless connection problems
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Cannot create a WLAN connection
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Cannot connect to a preferred network
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Current network security codes are unavailable
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