Disabling/Enabling Wireless Communication
<Only for model with wireless LAN, Bluetooth, and/or wireless WAN>
There are several ways of disabling and enabling wireless communication.
NOTE
- For further information about Wireless LAN.
- For further information about Bluetooth.
- For further information about Wireless WAN.
- The wireless communication can be enabled or disabled by connecting or disconnecting the LAN cable. (refer toWireless Connection Disable Utility)
  • You can check the wireless LAN communication status in Intel® PROSet/Wireless Software. Perform the following procedure.
    • Click Start (Start) - [All Programs] - [Intel PROSet Wireless] - [WiFi Advanced Statistics].

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.
NOTE
- The Wireless Switch Utility icons indicate the on/off status of wireless communication, not the IEEE802.11a setting.
- If the IEEE802.11a setting is changed in [Device Manager], the display will be changed accordingly.
- To use wireless communication, set the wireless devices ([Wireless LAN] / [Bluetooth] / [Wireless WAN]) to [Enabled] (default) in the [Advanced] menu of the Setup Utility (refer toWireless Configuration).

Wireless Switch Utility

This utility allows you to enable or disable wireless devices from a pop-up menu in the notification area. In the default setting, all wireless devices are enabled.

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.

To enable or disable particular wireless devices

  1. Click the Wireless Switch Utility icon to show the pop-up menu.
  2. Select ON or OFF for the device you want to enable or disable.

Wireless Connection Disable Utility

You can automatically disable the wireless LAN/wireless WAN connection when a LAN cable is connected to your computer. You need to install the Wireless Connection Disable Utility to use this function.

Installing the utility

  1. Log on to Windows as an administrator.
  2. Click Start (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

NOTE
- The Wireless Switch Utility should also be installed so that the Wireless Connection Disable Utility works. The Wireless Switch Utility has already been installed at the factory.
- To use the utility, set [Wireless LAN] / [Bluetooth] / [Wireless WAN] to [Enabled] (default) in the [Advanced] menu of the Setup Utility (refer toWireless Configuration).
- The utility does not automatically disable the Bluetooth connection.

Status indication

After installation, the Wireless Connection Disable Utility is automatically started after a user is logged in. An icon appears when click  on the notification area.
: 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.