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. 14.
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
• Encryption methods wired equivalent privacy (WEP)
with keys up to 128 bits, Wi-Fi protected access (WPA),
and 802.1x. These functions can be used only if they
are supported by the network.
You can create an Internet access point (IAP) in a wireless
LAN, and use it for applications that need to connect to
the Internet.
Create an Internet access point
1
Press ,
and
select
Connect.
>
Conn. mgr.
>
Availab. WLAN
.
Your Nokia N80
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2
The device searches for wireless LANs within range.
Scroll to the network in which you want to create an
Internet access point, and select
Options
>
Define
access point
.
3
The device creates an Internet access point with
default settings. To view or change these settings, see
‘Access points’, p. 97.
When an application asks you to select an access point,
select the created access point, or to search for wireless
LANs in range, select
Search for WLAN
.
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. 85.
You can use wireless LAN during a voice call or when
packet data is active. You can only be connected to one
wireless LAN access point device at a time, but several
applications can use the same wireless LAN connection.
When you activate the
Offline
profile, you can still use
wireless LAN (if available). Remember to comply with any
applicable safety requirements when establishing and
using a wireless LAN connection.
There are two operating modes in wireless LAN:
infrastructure and ad hoc.
In the infrastructure operating mode, your device is
connected to a wireless LAN access point device. Through
the access point device, you can access other compatible
devices or a wired LAN.
In the ad hoc operating mode, compatible devices can send
and receive data directly with each other. To create an
Internet access point for the ad hoc network, see ‘Access
points’, p. 97.
Tip! To check the unique Media Access Control (MAC)
address that identifies your device, enter *#62209526#
in the standby mode.