Nokia E90 Communicator - WLAN wizard

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WLAN wizard

Select >

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 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

.

To view the details of the WLAN, select

Options

>

Details

.

To define an internet access point for the selected WLAN, select

Options

>

Define access point

.

Always enable one of the available encryption methods to increase the security of your WLAN connection. Using encryption

reduces the risk of unauthorized access to your data.
Use the wizard in the active standby mode
In the active standby mode, 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, 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 in the active standby mode. 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

is selected, the WLAN wizard automatically creates an internet access point for the selected WLAN.

The access point can also be used with other applications requiring WLAN connection.

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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 hidden service set identifier (SSID).