Nokia N96 - Manual (Page 164)

of the access point groups, select an access point
marked with , and select Edit .
Follow the instructions from your service provider.
Select from the following:
● 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.
● Authentication — Select Secure to always send
your password encrypted or Normal to send your
password encrypted when possible.
● Homepage — Depending on the access point you
are setting up, enter the web address or the address
of the multimedia message centre.
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
Press , and select Tools > Settings >
Connection > Destinations > New access point ,
and follow the instructions on the screen. Or, open one
of the access point groups, select an access point
marked with , and select Edit .
Follow the instructions from your WLAN service
provider.
● 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
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