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Wlan internet access points, Operating modes, Wireless lan settings – Nokia N97 User Manual

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WLAN internet access points

Select

Menu

>

Settings

and

Connectivity

>

Wireless LAN

>

Options

.

Select from the following:

Filter Wi-Fi networks

— Filter out wireless LANs

(WLANs) from the list of found networks. The

selected networks are not displayed the next time

the application searches for WLANs.

Details

— View the details of a network shown in

the list. If you select an active connection, the

connection details are displayed.

Operating modes

There are two operating modes in Wi-Fi WLAN:

infrastructure and ad hoc.
The infrastructure operating mode allows two kinds of

communication: wireless devices are connected to

each other through a Wi-Fi/WLAN access point device,

or wireless devices are connected to a wired LAN

through a Wi-Fi/WLAN access point device.
In the ad hoc operating mode, devices can send and

receive data directly with each other.

Wireless LAN settings

Select

Menu

>

Settings

and

Connectivity

>

Wireless LAN

>

Options

>

Settings

.

Select from the following:

Show Wi-Fi availability

— Select whether is

displayed when a wireless LAN (WLAN) is available.

Tip: To access the WLAN Wizard application

and view the available options, select the

WLAN icon, and in the pop-up window, select

the highlighted text next to the WLAN icon.

Scan for networks

— If you set

Show Wi-Fi

availability

to

Yes

, you can select how often the

device searches for available WLANs and updates

the indicator.

Internet connectivity test

— Select whether you

want the device to test the internet capability of the

selected WLAN automatically, to ask for permission

every time, or to never perform the connectivity test.

If you select

Run automatically

or allow the test to

be performed when the device asks for it, and the

connectivity test is performed successfully, the

access point is saved to the internet destinations.

To view advanced settings, select

Options

>

Advanced settings

. Changing the advanced settings

for the WLAN is not recommended.

Access points

Create a new access point

Select

Menu

>

Settings

and

Connectivity

>

Destinations

.

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