Wireless LAN
Your device is approved for use in a wireless local area
network (wireless LAN). With wireless LAN, you can
connect your device to the Internet.
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 802.11g 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
.
2
The device searches for wireless LANs within range. To
create an Internet access point in a network, select
Options
>
Define access point
.
3
The device creates an Internet access point with
default settings. To view or change the settings of the
Internet access point, see ‘Access points’, p. 100.
When an application asks you to select an access point,
select the created access point, or
WLAN network
, to
search for wireless LANs in range.
Your Nokia N91
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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. 91.
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
.
The infrastructure operating mode allows two kinds of
communication: wireless devices are connected to each
other through a wireless LAN access point device, or
wireless devices are connected to a wired LAN through a
wireless LAN access point device.
In the ad hoc operating mode, 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. 100.
Tip! To check the unique Media Access Control (MAC)
address that identifies your device, enter *#62209526#
in the standby mode.