Wlan internet access points – Nokia E55 User Manual
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•
Access point name
— The access point name is provided
by your service provider.
•
User name
— The user name may be needed to make a
data connection, and is usually provided by your service
provider.
•
Prompt password
— If you want to set the device to ask
for a password every time you log in to a server, or if you
do not want to save your password in the device, select
Yes
.
•
Password
— A password may be needed to make a data
connection and is usually provided by your service
provider.
•
Authentication
— Select
Secure
to always send your
password encrypted or
Normal
to send your password
encrypted when possible.
•
Homepage
— Depending on the access point type you
are setting up, enter the web address or the address of the
multimedia message centre.
•
Use access point
— Select
After confirmation
to set the
device to ask for confirmation before the connection using
this access point is created, or
Automatically
to set the
device to connect to the destination using this access point
automatically.
Select
Options
>
Advanced settings
and from the
following:
•
Network type
— Select the internet protocol type to
transfer data to and from your device. The other settings
depend on the selected network type.
•
Phone IP address
(for IPv4 only) — Enter the IP address
of your device.
•
DNS addresses
— Enter the IP addresses of the primary
and secondary DNS servers, if required by your service
provider. To obtain these addresses, contact your internet
service provider.
•
Proxy server address
— Enter the address of the proxy
server.
•
Proxy port number
— Enter the port number of the proxy
server.
WLAN internet access points
Select
Menu
>
Ctrl. panel
>
Settings
and
Connection
>
Destinations
>
Access point
, and follow the instructions
on the display. Or, open one of the access point groups, select
an access point marked with , and select
Edit
.
Use the instructions provided by your service provider to edit
the following:
•
WLAN network name
— Select
Enter manually
or
Search for networks
. If you select an existing network,
WLAN network mode
and
WLAN security mode
are
determined by the settings of its access point device.
•
Network status
— Define whether the network name is
displayed.
•
WLAN network mode
— Select
Ad-hoc
to create an ad
hoc network, and to allow devices to send and receive data
directly; a WLAN access point device is not needed. In an
ad hoc network, all devices must use the same WLAN
network name.
•
WLAN security mode
— Select the encryption used:
WEP
,
802.1x
, or
WPA/WPA2
. (802.1x and WPA/WPA2 are
not available for ad hoc networks.) If you select
Open
network
, no encryption is used. The WEP, 802.1x, and
WPA functions can be used only if the network supports
them.
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