Nokia E51 - 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 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 save the access point of the 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 unauthorised 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

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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 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).