Nokia N900 User Manual page 29

Create a WLAN connection
1 Select Settings
>
Connections New
>
2 Enter a descriptive name for the connection, and select
Next.
3 The device asks if you want to scan for available WLANs.
Select Yes to start the scan, and select the WLAN from the
Select connection dialog. If a WLAN is hidden, it is
indicated as hidden in the dialog. You can select a hidden
WLAN as any other WLAN connection, if you know the
network name (SSID), and enter it manually.
To enter the values manually, select No, and define the
following:
Network name (SSID) — Enter the name of the WLAN.
If you create an ad hoc network, ensure that the name of
the network is unique. When you connect to the internet
over a WLAN, the connection is based on this information.
If the field is dimmed and cannot be edited, the scanned
SSID contains characters entered in an unknown
character set, and not in standard character sets (UTF-8)
as the device expects.
Network is hidden — Select whether the name of the
WLAN is hidden, that is, the network is configured not to
broadcast its name (SSID). If you select this option, your
device actively searches for the hidden WLANs when you
establish an internet connection.
Network mode — Select
infrastructure mode is used with internet connections.
Security method — Select the same security method
that is used by your WLAN access point.
and Internet connections
> Next.
Ad hoc or Infrastructure. The
If you operate your own WLAN access point, always
enable one of the available encryption methods to
>
increase the security of your wireless network. Using
encryption reduces the risk of unauthorised access to
your data.
Available WLANs
After the WLAN scan, all available WLANs are displayed with
the following information:
Connection type, indicated with
•
hoc)
Name
•
If the WLAN is already saved in your device,
•
displayed
WLAN signal strength, indicated with
•
Encryption method used, indicated with
•
(WEP), or
Security settings
Select Settings
>
Connections.
In the connection setup dialogs, enter the encryption keys
depending on the WLAN connection in question. For stronger
security, it is recommended that you use the WPA method, if
possible.
Connect your device
(general) or
(none)
and Internet connections
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