Nokia E71 - WLAN wizard

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WLAN wizard

Select

Menu

>

Connectivity

>

WLAN wiz.

.

The WLAN wizard helps you find and connect to a wireless

LAN. When you open the application, your device starts to

scan for available WLANs and lists them.
To update the list of available WLANs, select

Options

>

Refresh

.

To mark up WLANs in the list of found networks, select

Filter

WLAN networks

. The selected networks are filtered out the

next time the application searches for wireless LANs.
To start or continue browsing the web using the access point

of the WLAN, scroll to the desired network, and select

Options

>

Start web browsing

or

Cont.web browsing

.

To disconnect the active connection to the WLAN, select

Options

>

Disconnect WLAN

.

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To view the details of the WLAN, select

Options

>

Details

.

To save the access point of the WLAN, select

Options

>

Define access point

.

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 wizard on the home screen

On the home screen, the WLAN wizard shows the status of

your WLAN connections and network searches. To view the

available options, scroll to the row showing the status, and

press the scroll key. 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 set the network scanning on or off.
If WLAN scanning is off and you are not connected to any

WLAN,

WLAN scanning off

is displayed on the home screen.

To set scanning on and search for available WLANs, scroll to

the row showing the status, and press the scroll key.

To start a search for

available WLANs, scroll to

the row showing the

status, press the scroll key,

and select

Search for

WLAN

. To set WLAN

scanning off, scroll to the

row showing the status,

press the scroll key, and

select

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, scroll to the

row showing the status, and press the scroll key. Select

Use

for

, the desired net call service, and the WLAN to be used.