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Packet data (GPRS) settings, WLAN settings, Advanced WLAN settings - gsm

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Settings to the network. To use e-mail and multimedia services These settings affect all access points for packet data or to browse web pages, you must first define access connections. points for these services. Some or all access points may be preset for your device by your service provider, and you may not be able to create, edit, or remove them. To create a new access point, select Options > New access point or select an existing access point from the list and then Options > Duplicate access point to use the access point as a basis for the new one. WLAN settings Select Menu > Tools > Settings > Connection > Wireless LAN. To have an indicator displayed when there is a WLAN available in your current location, select Show WLAN availability > Yes. Packet data (GPRS) settings Select Menu > Tools > Settings > Connection > Packet data. To select the interval for your device to scan for available WLANs and update the indicator, select Scan for networks. This setting is not available unless you select Show WLAN availability > Yes. Advanced WLAN settings Your device supports packet data connections, such as GPRS in the GSM network. When you are using your device in GSM and UMTS networks, it is possible to have multiple data connections active at the same time; access points can share a data connection, and data connections remain active, for example, during voice calls. See "Connection manager", p. 105. 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: 122 To define the packet data settings, select Packet data connection and select 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 establish a packet data connection only when an application or action requires it. Select Access point and enter the access point name provided by your service provider to use the device as a packet data modem to your computer. To use a high-speed data connection, select High speed packet access > Enabled. • 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. • RTS threshold - Select the data packet size at which the WLAN access point device issues a request to send before sending the packet.

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to the network. To use e-mail and multimedia services
or to browse web pages, you must first define access
points for these services.
Some or all access points may be preset for your device
by your service provider, and you may not be able to
create, edit, or remove them.
To create a new access point, select
Options
>
New
access point
or select an existing access point from the
list and then
Options
>
Duplicate access point
to use
the access point as a basis for the new one.
Packet data (GPRS) settings
Select
Menu
>
Tools
>
Settings
>
Connection
>
Packet data
.
Your device supports packet data connections, such as
GPRS in the GSM network. When you are using your
device in GSM and UMTS networks, it is possible to have
multiple data connections active at the same time;
access points can share a data connection, and data
connections remain active, for example, during voice
calls.
See "Connection manager"
, p.
105
.
To define the packet data settings, select
Packet data
connection
and select
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
establish a packet data connection only when an
application or action requires it. Select
Access point
and enter the access point name provided by your
service provider to use the device as a packet data
modem to your computer. To use a high-speed data
connection, select
High speed packet access
>
Enabled
.
These settings affect all access points for packet data
connections.
WLAN settings
Select
Menu
>
Tools
>
Settings
>
Connection
>
Wireless LAN
.
To have an indicator displayed when there is a WLAN
available in your current location, select
Show WLAN
availability
>
Yes
.
To select the interval for your device to scan for
available WLANs and update the indicator, select
Scan
for networks
. This setting is not available unless you
select
Show WLAN availability
>
Yes
.
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.
•
RTS threshold
— Select the data packet size at
which the WLAN access point device issues a request
to send before sending the packet.
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