Nokia N95 - Access points

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Access points

You may receive access point settings in a message from a
service provider. See ‘Data and settings’, p. 92. Some or all
access points may be preset for your device by your service
provider, and you may not be able to change, create, edit,
or remove them.

indicates a protected access point.

indicates a packet data access point, and

a

wireless LAN access point.

Tip! You can create internet access points in a

wireless LAN with the WLAN wizard. See ‘WLAN
wizard’, p. 27.

To create a new access point, select

Options

>

New access

point

.

To edit the settings of an access point, select

Options

>

Edit

. Follow the instructions from your service provider.

Connection name

—Enter a descriptive name for the

connection.

Data bearer

—Select the data connection type.

Depending on the data connection you select, only certain
setting fields are available. Fill in all fields marked with

Must be defined

or with a red asterisk. Other fields can be

left empty, unless you have been instructed otherwise by
your service provider.

To be able to use a data connection, the network service
provider must support this feature, and if necessary,
activate it for your SIM card.

Packet data access points

Follow the instructions from your service provider.

Access point name

—You obtain the access point name

from your service provider.

User name

—The user name may be needed to make a data

connection, and is usually provided by the service provider.

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Prompt password

—If you must enter the password every

time you log in to a server, or if you do not want to save
your password in the device, select

Yes

.

Password

—A password may be needed to make a data

connection, and is usually provided by the service provider.

Authentication

—Select

Normal

or

Secure

.

Homepage

—Depending on the access point you are setting

up, enter the web address or the address of the multimedia
messaging center.

Select

Options

>

Advanced settings

to change the

following settings:

Network type

—Select the internet protocol type to use:

IPv4

or

IPv6

. The other settings depend on the selected

network type.

Phone IP address

(for IPv4 only)—Enter the IP address of

your device.

DNS address

—In

Primary DNS address

, enter the IP

address of the primary DNS server. In

Secondary DNS

address

, enter the IP address of the secondary DNS server.

Contact your internet service provider to obtain these
addresses.

Proxy server address

—Define the address for the proxy

server.

Proxy port number

—Enter the proxy port number.

Wireless LAN access points

Follow the instructions from the wireless LAN 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

—Defines whether the network name is

shown.

WLAN network mode

—Select

Ad-hoc

to create an ad hoc

network and to allow devices to send and receive data
directly; a wireless LAN 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 used. The WEP,

802.1x, and WPA functions can be used only if the network
supports them.

WLAN security settings

—Enter the settings for the

selected security mode:

Security settings for

WEP

:

Wep key in use

—Select the WEP key number. You can

create up to four WEP keys. The same settings must be
entered on the wireless LAN access point device.

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Authentication type

—Select

Open

or

Shared

for the

authentication type between your device and the
wireless LAN 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

(only for

EAP

)—Enter the settings

as your service provider instructs.

Pre-shared key

(only for

Pre-shared key

)—Enter a

password. The same password must be entered on the
wireless LAN access point device.

WPA2 only mode

(only for

WPA/WPA2

)—Select

whether Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) is used.

Homepage

—Define a home page.

Select

Options

>

Advanced settings

and from the

following:

IPv4 settings

:

Phone IP address

(the IP address of your

device),

Subnet mask

(the subnet IP address),

Default

gateway

(the gateway), and

DNS address

. Enter the IP

addresses of the primary and secondary DNS server.
Contact your internet service provider for these addresses.

IPv6 settings

>

DNS address

—Select

Automatic

,

Well-

known

, or

User defined

.

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.