Access Points - Nokia N97 User Manual

WLAN internet access points
Select Menu Settings
>
Wireless LAN > Options.
Select from the following:
Filter Wi-Fi networks
●
(WLANs) from the list of found networks. The
selected networks are not displayed the next time
the application searches for WLANs.
Details — View the details of a network shown in
●
the list. If you select an active connection, the
connection details are displayed.
Operating modes
There are two operating modes in Wi-Fi WLAN:
infrastructure and ad hoc.
The infrastructure operating mode allows two kinds of
communication: wireless devices are connected to
each other through a Wi-Fi/WLAN access point device,
or wireless devices are connected to a wired LAN
through a Wi-Fi/WLAN access point device.
In the ad hoc operating mode, devices can send and
receive data directly with each other.
Wireless LAN settings
Select Menu Settings
>
Wireless LAN Options
>
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Select from the following:
and Connectivity
>
— Filter out wireless LANs
and Connectivity
>
> Settings.
Show Wi-Fi availability
●
displayed when a wireless LAN (WLAN) is available.
Tip: To access the WLAN Wizard application
and view the available options, select the
WLAN icon, and in the pop-up window, select
the highlighted text next to the WLAN icon.
Scan for networks — If you set
●
availability to Yes, you can select how often the
device searches for available WLANs and updates
the indicator.
Internet connectivity test
●
want the device to test the internet capability of the
selected WLAN automatically, to ask for permission
every time, or to never perform the connectivity test.
If you select Run automatically
be performed when the device asks for it, and the
connectivity test is performed successfully, the
access point is saved to the internet destinations.
To view advanced settings, select
Advanced settings. Changing the advanced settings
for the WLAN is not recommended.

Access points

Create a new access point
Select Menu Settings
>
Destinations.
— Select whether
Show Wi-Fi
— Select whether you
or allow the test to
Options
>
and Connectivity
>
is