•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, or WPA/WPA2. (802.1x and
WPA/WPA2 are not available for ad hoc networks.)
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.
•Use access point — Select After confirmation to
set the device to ask for confirmation before the
connection using this access point is created or
Automatically to set the device to connect to the
destination using this access point automatically.
To enter the settings for the selected security mode,
select WLAN security settings.
Advanced WLAN settings
Select Options > Advanced settings and from the
following:
•IPv4 settings — Enter the IP address of your device,
the subnet IP address, the default gateway, and the
IP addresses of the primary and secondary DNS
servers. Contact your internet service provider for
these addresses.
•IPv6 settings — Define the type of DNS address.
•Ad-hoc channel (only for ad hoc networks) — To
enter a channel number (1-11) manually, select User
defined.
•Proxy server address — Enter the address for the
proxy server.
•Proxy port number — Enter the proxy port
number.
Packet data (GPRS) settingsSelect Menu > Ctrl. panel > Settings and
Connection > Packet data.
Your device supports packet data connections, such as
GPRS in the GSM network. When you are using your
device in GSM and UMTS networks, it is possible to have
multiple data connections active at the same time;
access points can share a data connection, and data
connections remain active, for example, during voice
calls.
To define the packet data settings, select Packet data
connection and When available to register the
device to the packet data network when you switch the
device on in a supported network, or When needed to
register the device to a packet data network only when
an application or action attempts to establish a packet
data connection. This setting affects all access points
for packet data connections. To use the device as a
packet data modem for your computer, select Access
point, and enter the access point name provided by
your service provider. To use a high-speed data
connection, select High speed packet access >
Enabled.
WLAN settingsSelectMenu > Ctrl. panel > Settings and
Connection > Wireless LAN.
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