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If you select a secured WLAN, you are asked to enter the relevant passcodes. To connect to a hidden network, you must enter
the correct hidden service set identifier (SSID).
WLAN access points
To search for WLANs available within range, select
select
Options
Define access
>
When an application asks you to select an access point, select the created access point. You can also create an internet access
point by selecting
Search for
page 44.
Set up an internet access point for WLAN manually
1. Select
Tools
Settings
>
>
2. Select
Options
New access point
>
Options
Duplicate access point
>
3. Define the following settings.
Connection name
— Enter a descriptive name for the connection.
•
Data bearer
— Select
•
WLAN network name
•
Enter
manually. To select the network from the WLANs in range, select
Network status
— Select
•
WLAN network mode
•
through a WLAN access point. If you select Ad-hoc, devices can send and receive data directly with each other, and no
WLAN access point is needed.
WLAN security mode
•
(wired equivalent privacy), 802.1x, or WPA/WPA2 (Wi-Fi protected access), you must also configure the relevant additional
settings.
WLAN security settings
•
Homepage
— Enter the web address of the page you want to display as the home page when you use this access point.
•
Advanced internet access point settings for WLAN
After setting up a basic internet access point for WLAN, select
settings:
IPv4 settings
— Enter the device IP and name server addresses for the IPv4 internet protocol.
•
IPv6 settings
— Select or enter the name server addresses for the IPv6 internet protocol.
•
Ad-hoc channel
— The channel is usually chosen automatically. To enter the channel number (1-11) manually, select
•
defined.
Proxy server address
— Enter the proxy server address.
•
Proxy port number
— Enter the proxy server port number.
•
The settings available for editing may vary. Contact your service provider for more information.
WLAN settings
See "WLAN settings" on page 68.
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point. To view the details of a network shown in the list, select
WLAN, or use Connection manager to create internet access points.
Connection
Access
>
>
to create a new access point, or select an existing access point from the list and then
to use the access point as a basis for the new one.
Wireless
LAN.
— To enter the service set identifier (SSID), that is, the name that identifies the specific WLAN, select
Hidden
if the network you are connecting to is hidden or
— If you select Infrastructure, devices can communicate with each other and with wired LAN devices
— You must select the same security mode that is used in the WLAN access point. If you select WEP
— Edit the security settings for the selected
Connectivity
WLAN
wiz.. To create an internet access point in a WLAN,
>
>
points.
Search for
WLAN security
Options
Advanced
>
50
Options
> Details.
See "Connection manager" on
networks.
Public
if it is not hidden.
mode.
settings, and define the following advanced
User
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