Wireless Lan - Nokia N91-2 User Manual

Wireless LAN

Your device is approved for use in a wireless local area
network (wireless LAN). With wireless LAN, you can
connect your device to the Internet.
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 802.11g standard.
• Operation at a frequency of 2.4 GHz.
• Encryption methods wired equivalent privacy (WEP)
with keys up to 128 bits, Wi-Fi protected access (WPA),
and 802.1x. 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 Connect.
Availab. WLAN.
> Conn. mgr. >
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2 The device searches for wireless LANs within range.
To create an Internet access point in a network, select
Options > Define access
3
The device creates an Internet access point with default
settings. To view or change the settings of the Internet
access point, see "Access
When an application asks you to select an access point,
select the created access point, or
to search for wireless LANs in range.
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. 92.
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.
point.
points", p. 101.
Search for WLAN,
profile, you can still use
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