wireless lan on my viao

I have a switch on my laptop that says LAN On and OFF. How do I use that Ive
never used it before, Will it only work in certin areas. How do I use it
When I flip the switch to "ON" nothing seems to happen. What does LAN stand
for??

Thank you.
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mel

In news:87146635-A64C-40F4-BD10-(E-Mail Removed),
Mike Edward <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> I have a switch on my laptop that says LAN On and OFF. How do I use
> that Ive never used it before, Will it only work in certin areas. How
> do I use it When I flip the switch to "ON" nothing seems to happen.
> What does LAN stand for??
>
> Thank you.

It's probably WLAN (wireless LAN) - LAN = local area network.
If you switch it off, you can't connect to wireless networks.
If you switch it on, you can connect to wireless networks. That said, you
have to have something somewhere to connect to.

Hi

In order to save on battery it is possible to Electrically disable the
Network Card on many new Laptops.

Therefore, if you do not use the computer for Network, and or Broadband
Internet connection you can leave it Off.

If you do need to configure the computer for Network or Broadband Internet
connection (Cable, DSL, Wireless, etc.) that needs a Network card, you have
to switch it On (and leave it On) and then configure the Network settings
( http://www.ezlan.net/Installing.html ).

Jack (MVP-Networking).


"Mike Edward" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:87146635-A64C-40F4-BD10-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have a switch on my laptop that says LAN On and OFF. How do I use that
Ive
> never used it before, Will it only work in certin areas. How do I use it
> When I flip the switch to "ON" nothing seems to happen. What does LAN
stand
> for??
>
> Thank you.
> --
> mel