Wi-Fi/Wlan Connection; About Wlan; Wlan Connections - Nokia N97 Manual Del Usuario

A roaming agreement is an agreement between two
or more service providers to enable the users of one
service provider to use the services of other service
providers.
Operator selection — Select
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device to search for and select one of the available
networks, or Manual
network from a list. If the connection to the
manually selected network is lost, the device sounds
an error tone and asks you to reselect a network.
The selected network must have a roaming
agreement with your home network.
Cell info display — Set the device to indicate when
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it is used in a cellular network based on
microcellular network (MCN) technology and to
activate cell info reception.

Wi-Fi/WLAN connection

Your device can detect and connect to wireless local
area networks (WLAN). Using a WLAN, you can connect
your device to the internet and compatible devices that
have WLAN support.

About WLAN

To use a wireless LAN (WLAN) connection, it must be
available in the location, and your device must be
connected to the WLAN. Some WLANs are protected,
Automatic to set the
to manually select the
and you need an access key from the service provider
to connect to them.
Features that use WLAN, or that are allowed 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 WLAN features:
IEEE 802.11b/g standard
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Operation at 2.4 GHz
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Wired equivalent privacy (WEP) with keys up to 128
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bits, Wi-Fi protected access (WPA), and 802.1x
authentication methods. These functions can be
used only if they are supported by the network.
Important: Always enable one of the available
encryption methods to increase the security of your
wireless LAN connection. Using encryption reduces the
risk of unauthorized access to your data.

WLAN connections

To use a wireless LAN (WLAN) connection, you must
create an internet access point (IAP) for WLAN. Use the
access point for applications that need to connect to
the internet.
A WLAN connection is established when you create a
data connection using a WLAN internet access point.
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