Connection Manager; Wlan Wizard - Nokia N86 User Manual

device to another access point that belongs to the
same WLAN. As long as you remain within range of
access points that belong to the same network, your
device can stay connected to the network.
Tip: To check the unique media access control
(MAC) address that identifies your device, for
example to configure the MAC address of your
device to a WLAN router, enter *#62209526# on
the home screen. The MAC address is displayed.
See WLAN availability
To set your device to show wireless LAN (WLAN)
availability, select Menu
Connection Wireless LAN
>
availability.
If a WLAN is available,

WLAN wizard

Select Menu Tools
> >
wiz..
The WLAN wizard helps you find and connect to a
wireless LAN (WLAN). When you open the application,
your device starts to scan for available WLANs and lists
them.
Select Options and from the following:
Refresh — Update the list of available WLANs.
●
Tools Settings and
> >
Show WLAN
>
is displayed.
Connectivity WLAN
>
Filter WLAN networks
●
list of found networks. The selected networks are
filtered out the next time the application searches
for WLANs.
Start web browsing
●
using the access point of the WLAN.
Cont. web browsing
●
using the currently active WLAN connection.
Disconnect WLAN — Disconnect the active
●
connection to the WLAN.
Details — View the details of the WLAN.
●
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.

Connection manager

Active data connections
Select Menu Tools
> >
mgr..
Select Active data connections.
In the active data connections view, you can see the
open data connections:
data calls
packet data connections
— Filter out WLANs in the
— Start browsing the web
— Continue web browsing
Connectivity Conn.
>
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