Disabling/Enabling Wireless Communication

• The wireless switch on the front of the computer (below)
• 
  Using airplane mode
• 
  Wireless switch utility
• Setting [Wireless Configuration] in the [Advanced] menu of the Setup Utility
• 
  Setting in the Wireless Connection Disable Utility
• Settings in the Network and Sharing Center (Using the Wireless LAN Function)

- For further information about Wireless LAN.

- For further information about Bluetooth.

- For further information about Wireless WAN.

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The wireless communication can be enabled or disabled by connecting or disconnecting the LAN cable. (Wireless Connection Disable Utility)

The Wireless Switch

1. To disable all wireless communication, slide the wireless switch (A) to OFF.
   • To enable wireless communication, slide the wireless switch (A) to ON.
   
   • In the default setting, the wireless switch enables all wireless devices when it is set to ON.

- Do not turn on/off the switch repeatedly at too short intervals.

- Do not restart, log off, or enter sleep or hibernation immediately after turning on/off the switch.

- Do not turn on/off the switch while Windows is starting up.

- To use wireless communication, set the wireless devices ([Wireless LAN] / [Bluetooth] / [Wireless WAN] of [Wireless Configuration]) to [Enabled] (default) in the [Advanced] menu of the Setup Utility (Wireless Configuration).

- It may take some time to turn off wireless communication after switching the wireless switch off.

Using airplane mode

1. Click [Charm] - - [Change PC Settings] - [Wireless].
2. Set [Airplane mode] to [Off], and then;
   • set [Wi-Fi] in “Wireless device” to [On] (for wireless LAN).
   • set [Mobile broadband] to [On] (for wireless WAN).
   • set [Bluetooth] to [On] (for Bluetooth).

To check the wireless communication status

1. Click  on the notification area and place the cursor over the Wireless Switch Utility icon (  or ).
   A tooltip appears.

The Wireless Switch Utility icon

The icon appears when click  on the notification area. It shows the status of wireless devices.

• : Indicates that the wireless devices are enabled.
• : Indicates that the wireless devices are off.
• : Indicates that the wireless devices have been disabled in the Setup Utility.

- If you uninstall the Wireless Switch Utility, set the wireless switch to ON beforehand.

- When you set [Wireless Switch] of [Wireless Configuration] to [Disabled] in the [Advanced] menu of the Setup Utility, the Wireless Switch Utility icon will not appear if you click on the notification area. All wireless equipment (wireless LAN, Bluetooth, wireless WAN) will remain ready irrespective of the wireless switch setting.

- You can check the wireless LAN communication status in Intel^® PROSet/Wireless Software. Perform the following procedure.

Click (Start) - [All Programs] - [Intel PROSet Wireless] - [WiFi Advanced Statistics].

Wireless Switch Utility

To enable or disable particular wireless devices

To change the function of the wireless switch

• [Selects the device for which to turn the device status on each time with the dialog box.]
  Display a dialog each time you set the wireless switch to ON so you can choose which wireless device to enable.
• [Turns on the following device.]
  Only selected devices are enabled when you set the wireless switch to ON.
• [Turns on the device that was on immediately before the wireless switch was turned off the last time.] (default)
  When you turn on the wireless switch, the on/off settings that were selected when you last turned off the wireless switch will be restored.

1. Click  on the notification area and click the Wireless Switch Utility icon (  or ).
2. Click [Settings].
3. Select the setting you want to assign to the wireless switch.
4. Click [OK].

Wireless Connection Disable Utility

Installing the utility

1. Log on to Windows as an administrator.
2. Click (Start), input "c:\util\wdisable\setup.exe" in [Search programs and files], and press «Enter».
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the Wireless Connection Disable Utility.

Checking the status of the wireless connection

Status indication

: Indicates that

• the utility is enabled, and
• the wireless connection is disabled since a LAN cable is connected.

: Indicates that

• the utility is enabled, and
• the wireless connection is enabled since no LAN cable is connected.

: Indicates one of the following statuses;

• the utility does not monitor the LAN port status,
• the Wireless Switch Utility has not been started, or
• LAN is disabled in the [Advanced] menu of the Setup Utility or in the device manager.

Menu

Right-clicking the utility icon opens a menu as follows.

Clicking the menu item causes the following utility action.

• Monitoring LAN Cable: ON
  Enables the Wireless Connection Disable Utility to monitor the LAN port and disable wireless connection when a LAN cable is connected.
• Monitoring LAN Cable: OFF
  Disables the Wireless Connection Disable Utility, and enables wireless connection regardless of whether a LAN cable is connected or not.
• Exit
  Exits the Wireless Connection Disable Utility and enables wireless connection.