Access Points - Nokia C6 User Manual

56 Connectivity
WLAN internet access points
Select Menu Settings
>
Connectivity > WLAN.
Filter out WLANs from the list of found
networks
Select Options
>
networks. The selected networks are not
displayed the next time the WLAN wizard
searches for WLANs.
View the details of a network
Select Options > Details. If you select an
active connection, the connection details
are displayed.
Operating modes
There are two operating modes in WLAN:
infrastructure and ad hoc.
The infrastructure operating mode allows
two kinds of communication: wireless
devices are connected to each other
through a WLAN access point device, or
wireless devices are connected to a wired
LAN through a WLAN access point device.
In the ad hoc operating mode, devices can
send and receive data directly with each
other.
Wireless LAN settings
In the wireless LAN (WLAN) settings, you
can define whether the WLAN indicator is
displayed when a network is available and
how often the network is scanned. You
can also define whether and how the
internet connectivity test is performed,
and view advanced WLAN settings.
Select Menu Settings
>
Connectivity WLAN
>
Settings.
and
Filter WLAN
and
Options
>
Display when a WLAN is available
Select Show WLAN availability
Set how often the device searches for
available WLAN
Select Show WLAN availability
and Scan for
Define internet capability test settings
Select Internet connectivity test
whether to run the test automatically or
after confirmation, or to never run the
test. If the connectivity test is successful,
the access point is saved to the internet
destinations list.
View advanced settings
Select Options
It is recommended that you do not modify
the advanced WLAN settings.

Access points

Create a new access point
Select Menu
Connectivity
You may receive access point settings in a
message from a service provider. Some or
all access points may be preset for your
device by your service provider, and you
may not be able to change, create, edit, or
remove them.
1 Select
2 The device asks to check for available
connections. After the search,
connections that are already available
are shown and can be shared by a new
access point. If you skip this step, you
are asked to select a connection
method and to define the settings
>
needed.
networks.
Advanced
>
Settings and
>
> Destinations.
Access point.
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settings.