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Connectivity If you move the device to another location within the WLAN and out of range of a WLAN access point, the roaming functionality can automatically connect your device to another access point that belongs to the same WLAN. As long as you remain within range of access points that belong to the same network, your device can stay connected to the network. Tip: To check the unique media access control (MAC) address that identifies your device, for example to configure the MAC address of your device to a WLAN router, enter *#62209526# in the home screen. The MAC address is displayed. ● Refresh - Update the list of available WLANs. ● Filter WLAN networks - Filter out WLANs in the list of found networks. The selected networks are filtered out the next time the application searches for WLANs. ● Start web browsing - Start browsing the web using the access point of the WLAN. ● Cont.web browsing - Continue web browsing using the currently active WLAN connection. ● Disconnect WLAN - Disconnect the active connection to the WLAN. ● Details - View the details of the WLAN. See WLAN availability To set your device to show wireless LAN (WLAN) availability, select Menu > Tools > Settings and Connection > Wireless LAN > Show WLAN availability. If a WLAN is available, is displayed. Important: Always enable one of the available encryption methods to increase the security of your wireless LAN connection. Using encryption reduces the risk of unauthorised access to your data. Connection manager WLAN wizard Active data connections Select Menu > Tools > Connectivity > WLAN wiz.. Select Menu > Tools > Connectivity > Conn. mgr.. The WLAN wizard helps you find and connect to a Select Active data connections. wireless LAN (WLAN). When you open the application, In the active data connections view, you can see the your device starts to scan for available WLANs and lists open data connections: them. data calls 51 Select Options and from the following:

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If you move the device to another location within the
WLAN and out of range of a WLAN access point, the
roaming functionality can automatically connect your
device to another access point that belongs to the
same WLAN. As long as you remain within range of
access points that belong to the same network, your
device can stay connected to the network.
Tip:
To check the unique media access control
(MAC) address that identifies your device, for
example to configure the MAC address of your
device to a WLAN router, enter *#62209526# in
the home screen. The MAC address is displayed.
See WLAN availability
To set your device to show wireless LAN (WLAN)
availability, select
Menu
>
Tools
>
Settings
and
Connection
>
Wireless LAN
>
Show WLAN
availability
.
If a WLAN is available,
is displayed.
WLAN wizard
Select
Menu
>
Tools
>
Connectivity
>
WLAN
wiz.
.
The WLAN wizard helps you find and connect to a
wireless LAN (WLAN). When you open the application,
your device starts to scan for available WLANs and lists
them.
Select
Options
and from the following:
●
Refresh
— Update the list of available WLANs.
●
Filter WLAN networks
— Filter out WLANs in the
list of found networks. The selected networks are
filtered out the next time the application searches
for WLANs.
●
Start web browsing
— Start browsing the web
using the access point of the WLAN.
●
Cont.web browsing
— Continue web browsing
using the currently active WLAN connection.
●
Disconnect WLAN
— Disconnect the active
connection to the WLAN.
●
Details
— View the details of the WLAN.
Important:
Always enable one of the available
encryption methods to increase the security of your
wireless LAN connection. Using encryption reduces the
risk of unauthorised access to your data.
Connection manager
Active data connections
Select
Menu
>
Tools
>
Connectivity
>
Conn.
mgr.
.
Select
Active data connections
.
In the active data connections view, you can see the
open data connections:
data calls
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Connectivity