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You can also use a wireless LAN data connection.
See "Wireless LAN", p. 17. Only one connection in one
wireless LAN can be active at a time.

To establish a data connection, an access point is required.
You can define different kinds of access points as follows:

• MMS access point to send and receive

multimedia messages

• Access point for the web application to view WML or

XHTML pages

• IAP to send and receive e-mail and connect to the internet

Check the type of access point you need with your service
provider for the service you want to access. For availability
and subscription to packet data connection services, contact
your service provider.

Access points

You may receive access point settings in a message from a
service provider. See "Data and settings", p. 46. Some or all
access points may be preset for your device by your service
provider, and you may not be able to change, create, edit,
or remove them.

indicates a protected access point.

indicates a packet data access point and

a wireless

LAN access point.

Tip! To create an IAP in a wireless LAN, press

,

and select

Connect.

>

Conn. mgr.

>

Availab.

WLAN

>

Options

>

Define access point

.

To create a new access point, select

Options

>

New access

point

. To edit the settings of an access point, select

Options

>

Edit

. Follow the instructions from your service provider.

Connection name

—Enter a descriptive name for

the connection.

Data bearer

—Select the data connection type.

Depending on the data connection you select, only certain
setting fields are available. Fill in all fields marked with

Must be defined

or with a red asterisk. Other fields can be

left empty, unless you have been instructed otherwise by
your service provider.

To be able to use a data connection, the network service
provider must support this feature and, if necessary, activate
it for your SIM card.

Packet data
Follow the instructions from your service provider.

Access point name

—You obtain the access point name

from your service provider.

User name

—The user name may be needed to make a data

connection and is usually provided by the service provider.

Prompt password

—If you must enter the 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 the service provider.