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Operating modes, Wireless LAN settings, Show WLAN availability

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Connectivity ● Filter WLAN networks - Filter out wireless LANs (WLANs) from the list of found networks. The selected networks are not displayed the next time the application searches for WLANs. ● Details - View the details of a network shown in the list. If you select an active connection, the connection details are displayed. Operating modes There are two operating modes in WLAN: infrastructure and ad hoc. The infrastructure operating mode allows two kinds of communication: wireless devices are connected to each other through a WLAN access point device, or wireless devices are connected to a wired LAN through a WLAN access point device. In the ad hoc operating mode, devices can send and receive data directly with each other. Wireless LAN settings Select Menu > Settings and Connectivity > Wireless LAN > Options > Settings. Select from the following: ● Show WLAN availability - Select whether is displayed when a wireless LAN (WLAN) is available. Tip: To access the WLAN Wizard application and view the available options, select the WLAN icon, and in the pop-up window, select the highlighted text next to the WLAN icon. ● Scan for networks - If you set Show WLAN availability to Yes, you can select how often the device searches for available WLANs and updates the indicator. ● Internet connectivity test - Select whether you want 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. 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 the internet destinations. 106 © 2009 Nokia. All rights reserved.

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●
Filter WLAN networks
— Filter out wireless LANs (WLANs) from the list of found
networks. The selected networks are not displayed the next time the application
searches for WLANs.
●
Details
— View the details of a network shown in the list. If you select an active
connection, the connection details are displayed.
Operating modes
There are two operating modes in WLAN: infrastructure and ad hoc.
The infrastructure operating mode allows two kinds of communication: wireless
devices are connected to each other through a WLAN access point device, or wireless
devices are connected to a wired LAN through a WLAN access point device.
In the ad hoc operating mode, devices can send and receive data directly with each
other.
Wireless LAN settings
Select
Menu
>
Settings
and
Connectivity
>
Wireless LAN
>
Options
>
Settings
.
Select from the following:
●
Show WLAN availability
— Select whether
is displayed when a wireless LAN
(WLAN) is available.
Tip:
To access the WLAN Wizard application and view the available
options, select the WLAN icon, and in the pop-up window, select the
highlighted text next to the WLAN icon.
●
Scan for networks
— If you set
Show WLAN availability
to
Yes
, you can select
how often the device searches for available WLANs and updates the indicator.
●
Internet connectivity test
— Select whether you want 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. 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 the
internet destinations.
Connectivity
© 2009 Nokia. All rights reserved.
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