WLAN internet access points
Press , and select
Tools
>
Settings
>
Connection
>
Destinations
>
New access point
, and follow the
instructions on the screen. Or, open one of the access
point groups, select an access point marked with , and
select
Edit
.
Follow the instructions from your WLAN service provider.
●
WLAN network name
— Select
Enter manually
or
Search for networks
. If you select an existing
network,
WLAN network mode
and
WLAN security
mode
are determined by the settings of its access
point device.
●
Network status
— Define whether the network name
is displayed.
●
WLAN network mode
— Select
Ad-hoc
to create an
ad hoc network and to allow devices to send and
receive data directly; a WLAN access point device is not
needed. In an ad hoc network, all devices must use the
same
WLAN network name
.
●
WLAN security mode
— Select the encryption used:
WEP
,
802.1x
(not for ad hoc networks), or
WPA/
WPA2
. If you select
Open network
, no encryption is
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used. The WEP, 802.1x, and WPA functions can be used
only if the network supports them.
To enter the settings for the selected security mode, select
WLAN security settings
.
Security settings for WEP
●
WEP key in use
— Select the wired equivalent privacy
(WEP) key number. You can create up to four WEP keys.
The same settings must be entered on the WLAN access
point device.
●
Authentication type
— Select
Open
or
Shared
for the
authentication type between your device and the
WLAN access point device.
●
WEP key settings
— Enter
WEP encryption
(length
of the key),
WEP key format
(
ASCII
or
Hexadecimal
),
and
WEP key
(the WEP key data in the selected format).
Security settings for 802.1x and WPA/WPA2
●
WPA/WPA2
— Select the means of authentication:
EAP
to use an extensible authentication protocol (EAP)
plug-in, or
Pre-shared key
to use a password.
Complete the appropriate settings:
●
EAP plug-in settings
— Enter the settings as your
service provider instructs.
●
Pre-shared key
— Enter a password. The same
password must be entered on the WLAN access point
device.
●
WPA2 only mode
— Only WPA2 enabled devices are
allowed to establish a connection in this mode.
Advanced WLAN settings
Select
Options
>
Advanced settings
and from the
following:
●
IPv4 settings
— Enter the IP address of your device,
the subnet IP address, the default gateway, and the IP
addresses of the primary and secondary DNS servers.
Contact your internet service provider for these
addresses.
●
IPv6 settings
— Define the type of DNS address.
●
Ad-hoc channel
(only for
Ad-hoc
) — To enter a
channel number (1-11) manually, select
User
defined
.
●
Proxy server address
— Enter the address for the
proxy server.
●
Proxy port number
— Enter the proxy port number.