Nokia 9500 manual Connections, Service message, Wireless LAN

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C o n t r o l p a n e l

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Service message

To edit reception and authentication settings for service messages, select Messaging > Service message. In the Reception: field, select Yes if you want to receive all service messages to your Inbox. Select No to ignore all service messages.

Connections

Go to Desk > Tools > Control panel > Connections.

Internet setup See "Internet setup{No generated text before found for '#comma'}" p.66.

Bluetooth See "Bluetooth{No generated text before found for '#comma'}" p.82.

Wireless LAN

To view the status of the wireless LAN connection, select Connections > Wireless LAN. On the Status page you can view the connection status, network name, and connection security and quality.

To view information on networks, wireless LAN access points, or ad hoc networks, select Connections > Wireless LAN, and select the Networks page. In the Display field, select the network item you want, and press View details.

Networks — Select this to view the all the wireless LAN networks that can be accessed, and the signal strength of that network.

Access points — Select this to view the wireless LAN access points that are currently in range and available, and the radio frequency channel they are using.

Ad hoc networks — Select this to view available ad hoc networks.

To view details on EAP (extensible authentication protocol) security modules, select Connections > Wireless LAN, and select the Security page. The page contains a list of the installed EAP modules that are used in a wireless LAN to relay port access requests between wireless devices, wireless LAN access points, and authentication servers. Select a module, and press View details. Each of these modules can be modified together with Internet access points.

Specifying wireless LAN settings

You can change settings that are common to all wireless LAN connections.

To modify general wireless LAN settings, select Connections > Wireless LAN, and select the Settings page. Define the following:

Background scan interval — Specify how often you want the device to scan for available networks. To reduce battery consumption, select Never. The wireless LAN icon is displayed in the indicator area when a network is found.

WLAN power saving — Select Enabled if you want to be able to use a Bluetooth connection during a wireless LAN connection.

To modify advanced wireless LAN settings, select Connections > Wireless LAN. Select the Settings page, and press Advanced settings. Press OK.

Define the following:

Automatic configuration — Select Off if you want to specify the advanced wireless LAN settings manually. Do not change the settings manually unless you are sure how each setting affects system performance. System performance may drop dramatically if automatic settings are not used.

Ad hoc channel — Specify the radio frequency channel on which you want to set up an ad hoc network. Select Automatic if you want to be allocated an available channel automatically.

Long retry limit — Specify the maximum number of transmission attempts of a frame whose size is greater than the RTS (request to send) threshold.

Short retry limit — Specify the maximum number of transmission attempts of a frame whose size is less than or equal to the RTS threshold.

RTS threshold — Determines the data packet size at which the wireless LAN access point issues a request to send before sending the packet.

TX power level — Specify the power level used when transmitting data.

To use the original factory settings, press Restore defaults.

Creating a basic Internet access point for a wireless LAN

You can quickly create an Internet access point that contains all the basic settings. An Internet access point is needed to connect to the Internet.

To create a basic Internet access point, select Connections > Wireless LAN, and select the Networks page. Select the network or wireless LAN access point for which you want to create the Internet access point, and press Create access point. Press OK, and

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