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Disconnect from a network, Customize connection settings, Location services – Palm Pre Plus User Manual

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Chapter 8 : Web and wireless connections

If you are connected to one network and want to use a different one:

Open

Wi-Fi

. Tap another network name.

Disconnect from a network

When you disconnect from a network, you can keep it on your list of known
networks so that your phone can automatically connect to it again. If you
remove the network from your list of known networks, however, you must
reconnect to the network. Follow the steps in

Connect to a new open

network

or

Connect to a new secure network

to connect to the network

again.

To disconnect from a network but keep it on your list of known networks:
Turn off Wi-Fi (see

Turn Wi-Fi on and off

). This disconnects from the

network.

To disconnect from a network and remove it from your list of known
networks: Open

Wi-Fi

. Tap the network name, and then tap

Forget

Network

.

Customize connection settings

Do not change Wi-Fi settings unless you are having trouble connecting to a
network.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

You must be connected to the network you want to

customize (see

Connect to a new open network

,

Connect to a new secure

network

, or

Connect to a previously used network

).

1

Open

Wi-Fi

.

2

Tap the network name.

3

In

Automatic IP settings

, tap

On

or

Off

.

When Automatic IP Settings are on: The IP address is automatically
and dynamically configured.

When Automatic IP Settings are off: You can manually configure the
IP address.

4

If you turned automatic IP settings off, enter any of the following:

IP

Address

,

Subnet Address

,

Gateway

, and/or

DNS Server

(addresses

#1 and #2).

5

Tap

Done

.

Location Services

The Location Services application provides information about your location
to applications that request it. For example, Google Maps may use your
location information if you need driving directions.

1

Open

Location Services

.

2

The first time you open Location Services you may be asked to review
and accept the terms of use, and decide whether to allow anonymous
data collection. Tap

Next

and do the following:

Review the terms of use.

If you decide not to allow anonymous data collection, tap the
checkmark to remove it.

Tap

Agree

or

Don’t Agree

.

3

Decide whether to enable auto locate, or whether you want to be
asked each time an application needs to know your location: Tap

Auto

Locate

or

Ask Each Time

.