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Security settings for wep – Nokia X6-00 16GB User Manual

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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.

Homepage — Enter the web address of the starting page.

Use access point — Set the device to create a connection using this access point

automatically or after confirmation.
The available options may vary.

Security settings for WEP

Define the WEP security settings if you have selected the wired equivalent privacy

(WEP) as the WLAN security mode.
1 Select

Menu

>

Settings

and

Connectivity

>

Destinations

.

2 Select the access point group that has the desired WLAN access point, and select

the access point.

You can also define WEP settings when creating a new WLAN access point.

3 Select

WLAN security mode

>

WEP

.

4 Select

WLAN security settings

, and define the following:

WEP key in use — Select the wired equivalent privacy (WEP) key number. You

can create up to four WEP keys. The same settings must be entered on the WLAN

access point device.

Authentication type — Select

Open

or

Shared

for the authentication type

between your device and the WLAN access point device.

WEP key settings — Enter

WEP encryption

(length of the key),

WEP key

format

(

ASCII

or

Hexadecimal

), and

WEP key

(the WEP key data in the selected

format).

134 Connectivity

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