Connectivity; Wireless Lan - Nokia 9500 User Manual

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Connectivity

There are several different connectivity types you can
use with your device. You can use wireless connectivity
methods such as wireless LAN, Bluetooth or infrared, or
a USB (Universal Serial Bus) cable connection for PC
Suite or IP passthrough.

Wireless LAN

You can define access points for wireless LAN to use it
for Internet access for applications that need to connect
to the Internet. See Wireless LAN on page 95.
Setting up an ad hoc network
With 3rd party applications, ad hoc networks allow
wireless stations to communicate directly with each
other without any wireless LAN access points. One user
creates the ad hoc network and other users then join
the network.
You must first create an Internet access point for the ad
hoc network.
To create an Internet access point for an ad hoc
network
→
1. Select Desk Tools
→
Connections Internet
2. Press New. You can use an existing access point as a
basis for the new one: after you have pressed New,
press Yes, choose the access point from the list, and
press OK.
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3. Define the settings.
• Internet settings
name for the connection.
• Internet settings
the connection type.
• Network
to the destination network you want to access
with the Internet access point. You can rename,
and create new network IDs. Using the correct
network ID ensures that the data traffic is routed
directly to the desired destination network.
Especially VPN (virtual private network) software
may restrict data traffic for a certain destination
network.
• Network
• Network
• Security
a WEP (wired equivalent privacy) key for
authentication.
4. If you selected
configure these settings, too.
• WEP key
WEP key.
→
Control panel, and select
• WEP key
setup.
length. Supported key lengths are 40, 104, and
232 bits. The more bits there are in the key, the
higher the level of security.
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name — Give a descriptive
type — Select wireless LAN as
ID — Select the network ID according
mode — Select Ad hoc.
name — Give the network a name.
mode — Select WEP if you want to use
WEP as a security mode, you need to
index — Select the a number for the
length — Select the appropriate key