User's Guide

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Connectivity
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To search for wireless LANs available within range, select
Availab. WLAN.
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.
To view the details of a connection, select Options >
Details. The details shown depend on the connection type.
Wireless LAN
Your device supports wireless local area network (wireless
LAN). With wireless LAN, you can connect your device to
the Internet and compatible devices that have wireless
LAN. For information about using your device in a home
network, see ‘Home network’, p. 86.
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 802.11b/g standard
• Operation at a frequency of 2.4 GHz
• Wired equivalent privacy (WEP) with keys up to 128
bits or 256 bits, Wi-Fi protected access (WPA), and
802.1x encryption methods. These functions can be
used only if they are supported by the network.
Wireless LAN connections
To use wireless LAN, you must create an internet access
point (IAP) in a wireless LAN. Use the access point for
applications that need to connect to the internet. See
‘Wireless LAN access points’, p. 84.
Important: Always enable one of the available
encryption methods to increase the security of your
wireless LAN connection. Using encryption reduces the
risk of unauthorized access to your data.
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. 82.