Connectivity settings – Nokia 770 User Manual

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A c c e s s t h e I n t e r n e t

4. When you are finished, tap

Advanced

in the

Connection setup:

Complete

dialog to define advanced settings, if necessary. For more

information, see the help of the application.

■ Connectivity settings

When you access an application that requires an Internet connection,
you are asked to select the connection (Internet access point) you want
to use.

In the

Select connection

dialog, select a connection from the list, and

tap

Connect

. Only available connections are shown. The connection that

you set as preferred appears at the top of the list. If you have not set the
preferred connection, the last used connection (if available) is shown first.

To define the connectivity settings, tap

, and select

Control panel

Connectivity settings

In the

General

page, define the following settings:

Preferred connection

— To change the preferred connection, select a

connection from the list.

Use without asking

— If you select this option, the Internet access point

that you selected in

Preferred connection

is used automatically when

you start an application requiring an Internet connection. In this case,
you do not need to confirm the connection.

On the

Idle times

page, select the time after which the Internet connection

ends automatically if the connection is not used. Use

Packet data idle time

for packet-switched data connections (such as GPRS),

Data call idle time

for circuit-switched data calls (such as GSM data), and

WLAN idle time

for

connections created through a wireless local area network (WLAN)
access point.

Note: Time-based charges may apply to the Internet
connections. Check with your service provider, and adjust
the idle times accordingly.

Note: The network may also have idle timers that may cause
the Internet connection to break, regardless of the idle timers
of the device.