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Connectivity Important: Always enable one of the available encryption methods to increase the security of your wireless LAN connection. Using encryption reduces the risk of unauthorized access to your data. Create an internet access point 1 Press , and select Connect. > Conn. mgr. > Availab. WLAN. 2 The device searches for wireless LANs within range. Scroll to the network in which you want to create an IAP, and select Options > Define access point. 3 The device creates an IAP with default settings. To view or change these settings, see "Access points" on page 106. If you have selected a secured WLAN network, you must define the access point yourself in the connection settings. When an application asks you to select an access point, select the created access point. A wireless LAN connection is established when you create a data connection using a wireless LAN internet access point. The active wireless LAN connection ends when you end the data connection. To end the connection, see "Connection manager" on page 83. You can use wireless LAN during a voice call or when packet data is active. You can only be connected to one wireless LAN access point device at a time, but several applications can use the same wireless LAN connection. When you activate the Offline profile, you can still use wireless LAN (if available). Remember to comply with any applicable safety requirements when establishing and using a wireless LAN connection. Tip! To check the unique media access control (MAC) address that identifies your device, enter *#62209526# in the standby mode. WLAN wizard The WLAN wizard helps you to connect to a wireless LAN and manage your wireless LAN connections. The WLAN wizard shows the status of your wireless LAN connections in the active standby mode. To view the available options, scroll to the row showing the status, and press . If the search finds wireless LANs, and for example, WLAN network found is displayed, to automatically create an IAP and start the web browser using this IAP, select the status, the option Start Web browsing, and the network. If you select a secured wireless LAN network, you are asked to enter the relevant passcodes. To connect to a hidden network, you must enter the correct network name (service set identifier, SSID). 82 Copyright © 2007 Nokia. All rights reserved.

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Copyright © 2007 Nokia. All rights reserved.
Connectivity
82
Important:
Always enable one of the available
encryption methods to increase the security of your
wireless LAN connection. Using encryption reduces
the risk of unauthorized access to your data.
Create an internet access point
1
Press
, and select
Connect.
>
Conn. mgr.
>
Availab. WLAN
.
2
The device searches for wireless LANs within range.
Scroll to the network in which you want to create an
IAP, and select
Options
>
Define access point
.
3
The device creates an IAP with default settings. To
view or change these settings, see
"Access points"
on
page
106
. If you have selected a secured WLAN
network, you must define the access point yourself in
the connection settings.
When an application asks you to select an access point,
select the created access point.
A wireless LAN connection is established when you create
a data connection using a wireless LAN internet access
point. The active wireless LAN connection ends when you
end the data connection. To end the connection, see
"Connection manager"
on page
83
.
You can use wireless LAN during a voice call or when
packet data is active. You can only be connected to one
wireless LAN access point device at a time, but several
applications can use the same wireless LAN connection.
When you activate the
Offline
profile, you can still use
wireless LAN (if available). Remember to comply with any
applicable safety requirements when establishing and
using a wireless LAN connection.
Tip!
To check the unique media access control (MAC)
address that identifies your device, enter
*#62209526#
in the standby mode.
WLAN wizard
The WLAN wizard helps you to connect to a wireless LAN
and manage your wireless LAN connections.
The WLAN wizard shows the status of your wireless LAN
connections in the active standby mode. To view the
available options, scroll to the row showing the status, and
press
.
If the search finds wireless LANs, and for example,
WLAN
network found
is displayed, to automatically create an IAP
and start the web browser using this IAP, select the status,
the option
Start Web browsing
, and the network.
If you select a secured wireless LAN network, you are asked
to enter the relevant passcodes. To connect to a hidden
network, you must enter the correct network name (service
set identifier, SSID).