Sony Ericsson P990i User Manual page 122

To use a specific network, select it and tap
Finding a specific network
Use in the
Find SSID WLAN
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):
• – connects temporarily, using an account
Hot spot
that is automatically created in the background.
•
Configured network
account.
•
Not configured network
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 >
and then select
Internet accounts
in the
WLAN Internet accounts
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menu to find a specific
– connects using an existing
– starts the account setup,
New account >
menu.
• Select
Tools > Control panel > Connections >
and then select
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:
• – enter a name for your account.
Account name
•
Network name (SSID)
already filled in, enter an SSID or select
for networks and select one of them.
• – choose an authentication mode.
Authentication
• – when connecting to a wireless
Network mode
access point, select
Infrastructure
• – only for the
Ad hoc channel
mode, which is when a phone connects directly to
another device.
in the
New account WLAN
– unless the network is
to scan
.
network
Ad hoc
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