Important: Always enable one of the available
encryption methods to increase the security of your
wireless LAN connection. Using encryption reduces the risk
of unauthorised access to your data.
Use the WLAN wizard in the home screen
In the home screen, the WLAN wizard shows the status of
your WLAN connections and network searches. If the WLAN
wizard is not activated by default in the home screen, you
can activate it in the home screen settings. To view the
available options, select the row showing the status.
Depending on the status, you can start the web browser
using a WLAN connection, connect to your net call service,
disconnect from a WLAN, search for WLANs, or enable or
disable network scanning.
If WLAN scanning is disabled, and you are not connected
to any WLAN, WLAN scanning off is displayed in the home
screen. To enable WLAN scanning, and to search for
available WLANs, select the row showing the status.
To start a search for available WLANs, select the row
showing the status and Search for WLAN.
To disable WLAN scanning, select the row showing the
status and Switch WLAN scan off.
When Start web browsing or Use for is selected, the
WLAN wizard automatically creates an access point for the
selected WLAN. The access point can also be used with
other applications requiring WLAN connection.
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 service set identifier (SSID).
To use the found WLAN for a net call connection, select the
row showing the status, Use for, the desired net call
service, and the WLAN to be used.
Connection manager
Select Menu > Ctrl. panel > Connectivity > Conn.
mgr..
View and end active
connections
Select Menu > Ctrl. panel > Connectivity > Conn.
mgr..
To see the open data connections, select Active data
connections.
To view detailed information about network connections,
select a connection from the list and Options > Details.
The type of information shown depends on the connection
type.
To end the selected network connection, select Options >
Disconnect.
To end all active network connections simultaneously,
select Options > Disconnect all.
Search for WLAN
To search for WLANs available within range, select
Available WLAN networks. The available WLANs are
listed with their network mode (infrastructure or ad-hoc),
signal strength, and network encryption indicators, and
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