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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 network operator or 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

Normal

or

Secure

.

Homepage

—Depending on the access point you are setting

up, enter the Web address or the address of the multimedia
messaging center.

Select

Options

>

Advanced settings

to change the

following settings:

Network type

—Select the Internet protocol type to use:

IPv4 settings

or

IPv6 settings

. The other settings depend

on the selected network type.

Phone IP address

(for IPv4 only)—Enter the IP address

of your device.

DNS address

—In

Primary name serv.:

, enter the IP address

of the primary DNS server. In

Second. name server:

, enter

the IP address of the secondary DNS server. Contact your
Internet service provider to obtain these addresses.

Proxy serv. address

—Define the address for the proxy server.

Proxy port number

—Enter the proxy port number.

Packet data

The packet data settings affect all access points using
a packet data connection.

Packet data conn.

—If you select

When available

and

you are in a network that supports packet data, the device
registers to the packet data network. Starting an active
packet data connection (for example, to send and receive
e-mail) is quicker. If there is no packet data coverage, the
device periodically tries to establish a packet data connection.