To use a specific network, select it and tap .

Finding a specific network

Use Find SSID in the WLAN menu to find a specific network instead of scanning for it. This way you can find networks whose names are not publicly visible. Looking for an SSID is also useful when there are more networks in your vicinity than the phone is able to display, and a network you require is not listed after scanning.

Kinds of networks

The kind of network decides how the phone will connect to it (regardless of any Internet group accounts in the phone):

•Hot spot – connects temporarily, using an account that is automatically created in the background.

•Configured network – connects using an existing account.

•Not configured network – starts the account setup, since an account for the network is needed.

Wireless LAN account setup

There are several ways to start the account setup for a wireless LAN, for example:

•Select Tools > Control panel > Connections > Internet accounts and then select New account > WLAN in the Internet accounts menu.

•Select Tools > Control panel > Connections > WLAN and then select New account in the WLAN menu.

•Connect to a network for which no account exists and the setup is automatically initiated.

The WLAN menu, mentioned above, is also where you go to find the MAC address of the phone.

The account setup includes a number of steps, described below.

Note: Information on authentication methods, encryption and other network configuration settings must be supplied by the wireless LAN provider.

First step: Basic information

The first setup screen defines basic information for the account:

•Account name – enter a name for your account.

•Network name (SSID) – unless the network is

already filled in, enter an SSID or select to scan for networks and select one of them.

•Authentication – choose an authentication mode.

•Network mode – when connecting to a wireless access point, select Infrastructure.

•Ad hoc channel – only for the Ad hoc network mode, which is when a phone connects directly to another device.

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