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Defining WLAN connection settings
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you if you want to use of of them as a basis for the new
IAP.
1 Define the following settings:
• Internet settings name — Type any name you want for
the IAP; “Operator X WLAN service”, for example.
• Network ID — Select the network ID for the
connection. In most cases this can be Internet (the
other option is Default GPRS network, which you
probably already have settings for).
• Internet settings type — Select Wireless LAN.
Press Next to proceed.
2 Define the following settings:
• Network mode — Select Infrastructure to be able to
connect to WLAN networks through a WLAN access
point. The other option is Ad hoc, which is discussed
later in this chapter.
• Network name — Enter the exact (case sensitive)
network name (SSID) of the WLAN network. The
name must be exactly the same as in your Wi-Fi
router. If you do not enter the SSID here, you are not
able to connect to networks that use a hidden SSID.
Press Next to proceed.
3 Select the WLAN security mode. Nokia 9500
Communicator supports the following WLAN security
modes:
• None — This security mode is commonly used with
HTTP based logon. User authentication is performed
at a higher layer using a HTML login page.
• WEP — This security mode is supported for
compatibility with IEEE 802.11 Wired Equivalent
Privacy (WEP) networks. Pre-configured static WEP
keys are required for this mode. There are two
notations in use in the WLAN industry for the WEP
key length representation, which sometimes makes
things a bit confusing. The reason is that WEP key
has a 24 bit common part and some vendors count
this as being part of the key length, while some
vendors do not. Nokia uses the latter notation. Both
notations are equivalent at WLAN protocol level
and fully interoperable. Nokia 9500 Communicator
supports 40 (64) bit, 104 (128) and 232 (256) bit
WEP key lengths.
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