iPad All-in-One For Dummies, 7th Edition

Chapter 1

Configuring Your iPad to Connect Everywhere

In This Chapter

Making Wi-Fi and 3G/4G settings

Tethering your iPad to your smartphone

Setting up a Microsoft Exchange account

This chapter is all about connecting, whether you’re connecting to the Internet via Wi-Fi, 3G, or 4G (not available on the original iPad or iPad 2) or connecting to your company network. Apple has made an effort over the years with iPhone to support enterprises, meaning that you can use the phone to connect with your company network and vital work data. The iPad continues that tradition with support for Microsoft Exchange Server, virtual private networks (VPNs), and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) accounts.

Your best ally in setting up the more technical of these is your network administrator. In this chapter, I give you an overview of the capabilities of iPad to connect and some guidance in making the settings you need to make.

Making Wi-Fi and 3G/4G Settings

The way people with iPads can connect to the Internet, the grandmother of all networks, is via its Wi-Fi or 3G/4G capabilities (assuming that you have a 3G or 4G model).

The third-generation (and later) iPad and the iPad mini offer ...