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Settings for home network, Home network – Nokia N78 User Manual

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"Connection settings", p. 151.

This step reduces the

risk of an unwanted party joining the ad hoc network.
Your device notifies you if another device attempts to

connect to it and the home network. Do not accept

connection requests from an unknown device.
If you use WLAN in a network that does not have

encryption, switch off sharing your files with other

devices, or do not share any private media files.

See

"Settings for home network", p. 81.

Settings for home network

To share media files saved in Photos with other

compatible UPnP devices through WLAN, you must

create and configure your WLAN home internet access

point, then configure the settings for home network in

the Home media application.

See "WLAN internet

access points", p. 96.See "Connection

settings", p. 151.

The options related to home network are not available

in applications before the settings in the Home media

application have been configured.
When you access the Home media application for the

first time, the setup wizard opens and helps you define

the home network settings for your device. To use the

setup wizard later, in the Home media main view,

select

Options

>

Run wizard

, and follow the

instructions on the display.

To connect a compatible PC to the home network, on

the PC, you must install the related software. You get

the software from the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM supplied

with your device, or you can download it from the

device support pages on the Nokia website.

Configure settings

To configure the settings for home network, select

Tools

>

Connectivity

>

Home media

>

Options

>

Settings

and from the following:

Home access point

— Select

Always ask

if you

want the device to ask for the home access point

every time you connect to the home network,

Create new

to define a new access point that is used

automatically when you use the home network, or

None

. If your home network does not have WLAN

security settings enabled, you get a security

warning. You can continue and switch the WLAN

security on later; or cancel defining the access point

and first switch on the WLAN security.

See "Access

points", p. 151.

Device name

— Enter a name for your device that

is shown to the other compatible devices in the

home network.

Copy to

— Select the memory where you want to

save copied media files.

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