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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

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

(not for ad hoc networks), or

WPA/WPA2

. 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.

To enter the settings for the selected security mode,

select

WLAN security settings

.

Security settings for WEP

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).

Security settings for 802.1x and WPA/WPA2

WPA/WPA2

— Select the means of authentication:

EAP

to use an extensible authentication protocol

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