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To start a search for available wireless LANs, select a status
and the option Search for WLAN. To set wireless LAN
scanning off, select a status and the option WLAN
scanning off.
To access the WLAN wizard in the menu, press , and
select Connect. > WLAN wiz..
Wireless LAN access points
To search for wireless LANs available within range, press
, and select Connect. > WLAN wiz.. To create an IAP in
a wireless LAN, select Options > Define access point. To
view the details of a network shown in the list, select
Options > Details.
When an application asks you to select an access point,
select the created access point. You can also create an IAP
by selecting Search for WLAN.
You can also use Conn. mgr. to create IAPs. See
‘Connection manager’, p. 91.
Operating modes
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
wireless devices are connected to a wired LAN through a
wireless LAN access point device.
In the ad hoc operating mode, devices can send and
receive data directly with each other. To create an internet
access point for the ad hoc network, see ‘Access points’, p.
112.
Connection manager
Press , and select Connect. > Conn. mgr.. To view the
status of data connections or end connections in GSM and
UMTS network and wireless LAN, select Act. data conn..
To search for wireless LANs available within range, select
Availab. WLAN. To refresh the list of available networks,
select Options > Reload.
Data connections
In the active connections view, you can see the open data
connections: data calls ( ), packet data connections (
or ), and wireless LAN connections ( ).
Note: The actual time invoiced for calls by your
service provider may vary, depending on network
features, rounding off for billing, and so forth.
To end a connection, select Options > Disconnect. To
close all open connections, select Options > Disconnect
all.