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WLAN settings, Advanced WLAN settings, device asks for it, and the connectivity test is performed

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Settings data connections active at the same time; access points can share a data connection, and data connections remain active, for example, during voice calls. To define the packet data settings, select Packet data connection and When available to register the device to the packet data network when you switch the device on in a supported network, or When needed to register the device to a packet data network only when an application or action attempts to establish a packet data connection. This setting affects all access points for packet data connections. To use the device as a packet data modem for your computer, select Access point, and enter the access point name provided by your service provider. To use a high-speed data connection, select High speed packet access > Enabled. WLAN settings Select Menu > Ctrl. panel > Settings and Connection > Wireless LAN. To have an indicator displayed when there is a wireless LAN (WLAN) available in your current location, select Show WLAN availability > Yes. To select the interval for your device to scan for available WLANs, and to update the indicator, select Scan for networks. This setting is not available unless you select Show WLAN availability > Yes. To set the device to test the internet capability of the selected WLAN automatically, to ask for permission every time, or to never perform the connectivity test, select Internet connectivity test > Run automatically, Ask every time, or Never run. If you select Run automatically or allow the test to be performed when the device asks for it, and the connectivity test is performed successfully, the access point is saved to internet destinations. To check the unique media access control (MAC) address that identifies your device, enter *#62209526# in the home screen. The MAC address is displayed. Advanced WLAN settings Select Options > Advanced settings. The advanced WLAN settings are normally defined automatically, and changing them is not recommended. To edit the settings manually, select Automatic configuration > Disabledand define the following: Long retry limit - Enter the maximum number of transmission attempts if the device does not receive a receiving acknowledgement signal from the network. Short retry limit - Enter the maximum number of transmission attempts if the device does not receive a clear-to-send signal from the network. 145

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data connections active at the same time; access points
can share a data connection, and data connections remain
active, for example, during voice calls.
To define the packet data settings, select
Packet data
connection
and
When available
to register the device to
the packet data network when you switch the device on
in a supported network, or
When needed
to register the
device to a packet data network only when an application
or action attempts to establish a packet data connection.
This setting affects all access points for packet data
connections.
To use the device as a packet data modem for your
computer, select
Access point
, and enter the access point
name provided by your service provider.
To use a high-speed data connection, select
High speed
packet access
>
Enabled
.
WLAN settings
Select
Menu
>
Ctrl. panel
>
Settings
and
Connection
>
Wireless LAN
.
To have an indicator displayed when there is a wireless
LAN (WLAN) available in your current location, select
Show
WLAN availability
>
Yes
.
To select the interval for your device to scan for available
WLANs, and to update the indicator, select
Scan for
networks
. This setting is not available unless you select
Show WLAN availability
>
Yes
.
To set the device to test the internet capability of the
selected WLAN automatically, to ask for permission every
time, or to never perform the connectivity test, select
Internet connectivity test
>
Run automatically
,
Ask
every time
, or
Never run
. If you select
Run
automatically
or allow the test to be performed when the
device asks for it, and the connectivity test is performed
successfully, the access point is saved to internet
destinations.
To check the unique media access control (MAC) address
that identifies your device, enter *#62209526# in the
home screen. The MAC address is displayed.
Advanced WLAN settings
Select
Options
>
Advanced settings
. The advanced
WLAN settings are normally defined automatically, and
changing them is not recommended.
To edit the settings manually, select
Automatic
configuration
>
Disabled
and define the following:
Long retry limit
— Enter the maximum number of
transmission attempts if the device does not receive a
receiving acknowledgement signal from the network.
Short retry limit
— Enter the maximum number of
transmission attempts if the device does not receive a
clear-to-send signal from the network.
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