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Connections, Wireless lan, About wlan – Nokia N78 User Manual

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Connections

Your device offers several options to connect to the

internet or to another compatible device or PC.

Wireless LAN

Your device supports wireless local area network

(WLAN). With WLAN, you can connect your device to the

internet and compatible devices that have WLAN.

About WLAN

To use WLAN, it must be available in the location, and

your device must be connected to the WLAN.
Some places, like France, have restrictions on the use

of wireless LAN. Check with your local authorities for

more information.
Features that use WLAN, or that are allowed to run in

the background while using other features, increase

the demand on battery power and reduce the battery

life.
Your device supports the following WLAN features:

IEEE 802.11b/g standard

Operation at 2.4 GHz

Wired equivalent privacy (WEP) with keys up to 128

bits, Wi-Fi protected access (WPA), and 802.1x

encryption methods. These functions can be used

only if they are supported by the network.

WLAN connections

To use WLAN, you must create an internet access point

(IAP) for WLAN. Use the access point for applications

that need to connect to the internet.

See "WLAN

internet access points", p. 96.

Important: Always enable one of the available

encryption methods to increase the security of your

wireless LAN connection. Using encryption reduces the

risk of unauthorized access to your data.
A WLAN connection is established when you create a

data connection using a WLAN internet access point.

The active WLAN connection ends when you end the

data connection.
You can use WLAN during a voice call or when packet

data is active. You can only be connected to one WLAN

access point device at a time, but several applications

can use the same internet access point.

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