Nokia N93 User Manual page 16

the Internet and compatible devices that have wireless
LAN. For information about using your device in a home
network, see 'Home network', p. 17.
Some places, like France, have restrictions on the use of
wireless LAN. Check with your local authorities for more
information.
Features using wireless LAN, or allowing such features to
run in the background while using other features, increase
the demand on battery power and reduce the battery life.
Your device supports the following wireless LAN features:
• IEEE 802.11b/g standard
• Operation at a frequency of 2.4 GHz
• Wired equivalent privacy (WEP) with keys up to 128
bits, Wi-Fi protected access (WPA), and 802.1x
encryption methods. These functions can be used only
if they are supported by the network.
You can create an Internet access point (IAP) in a wireless
LAN, and use it for applications that need to connect to
the Internet.
Create an Internet access point
1
Press , and select
WLAN.
2 The device searches for wireless LANs within range.
Scroll to the network in which you want to create an
Internet access point, and select
access point.
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Options > Define
3
The device creates an Internet access point with default
settings. To view or change these settings, see 'Access
points', p. 101.
When an application asks you to select an access point,
select the created access point, or to search for wireless
LANs in range, select Search for
A wireless LAN connection is established when you create
a data connection using a wireless LAN Internet access
point. The active wireless LAN connection ends when you
end the data connection. To end the connection, see
'Connection manager', p. 84.
You can use wireless LAN during a voice call or when
packet data is active. You can only be connected to one
wireless LAN access point device at a time, but several
applications can use the same wireless LAN connection.
When you activate the Offline
wireless LAN (if available). Remember to comply with any
applicable safety requirements when establishing and
using a wireless LAN connection.
There are two operating modes in wireless LAN:
infrastructure and ad hoc.
The infrastructure operating mode allows two kinds of
communication: wireless devices are connected to each
other through a wireless LAN access point device, or
WLAN.
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