There may be restrictions on using wireless LAN in some
locations. Check with your local authorities or service
provider.
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 802.11b/g standard
• Operation at a frequency of 2.4 GHz
FCC Draft
• 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.
WLAN.
2
The device searches for wireless LANs within range.
Scroll to the network in which you want to create an
Internet access point, and select
access
point.
3
The device creates an Internet access point with default
settings. To view or change these settings, see 'Access
points', p. 96.
When an application asks you to select an access point,
select the created access point, or to search for wireless
LANs in range, select
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. 85.
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
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.
>
Conn mgr
>
Availab.
In the infrastructure operating mode, your device is
connected to a wireless LAN access point device. Through
the access point device, you can access other compatible
Options
>
Define
devices or a wired LAN.
In the ad hoc operating mode, compatible 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. 96.
WLAN
network.
Offline
profile, you can still use
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