WLAN wizard
Select
Menu
>
Ctrl. panel
>
Connectivity
>
WLAN wiz.
.
The WLAN wizard helps you find and connect to a wireless
LAN (WLAN). When you open the application, your device
starts to scan for available WLANs and lists them.
Select
Options
and from the following:
•
Refresh
— Update the list of available WLANs.
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•
Filter WLAN networks
— Filter out WLANs in the list of
found networks. The selected networks are filtered out the
next time the application searches for WLANs.
•
Start web browsing
— Start browsing the web using the
access point of the WLAN.
•
Cont.web browsing
— Continue web browsing using the
currently active WLAN connection.
•
Disconnect WLAN
— Disconnect the active connection to
the WLAN.
•
Details
— View the details of the WLAN.
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.