User's Guide

• Ad hoc networks—Select this to view available ad hoc networks.
• To view details on EAP (extensible authentication protocol) security modules, select Connections → Wireless LAN, and
select the Security page. The page contains a list of the installed EAP modules that are used in a wireless LAN to relay port
access requests between wireless devices, wireless LAN access points, and authentication servers. Select a module, and
press View details. Each of these modules can be modified together with Internet access points.
Specifying wireless LAN settings
You can change settings that are common to all wireless LAN connections.
• To modify general wireless LAN settings, select Connections → Wireless LAN, and select the Settings page.
Define the following:
• Background scan interval—Specify how often you want the device to scan for available networks. To reduce battery
consumption, select Never. The wireless LAN icon is displayed in the indicator area when a network is found.
• Simultaneous Bluetooth usage—Select Allowed if you want to be able to use a Bluetooth connection during a wireless LAN
connection.
• To modify advanced wireless LAN settings, select Connections → Wireless LAN. Select the Settings page, and press
Advanced settings. Press OK.
Define the following:
• Automatic configuration—Select Off if you want to specify the advanced wireless LAN settings manually. Do not change
the settings manually unless you are sure how each setting affects system performance. System performance may drop
dramatically if automatic settings are not used.
• Ad hoc channel—Specify the radio frequency channel on which you want to set up an ad hoc network. Select Automatic if
you want to be allocated an available channel automatically.
• Long retry limit—Specify the maximum number of transmission attempts of a frame whose size is greater than the RTS
(request to send) threshold.
• Short retry limit—Specify the maximum number of transmission attempts of a frame whose size is less than or equal to
the RTS threshold.
• RTS threshold—Determines the data packet size at which the wireless LAN access point issues a request to send before
sending the packet.
• TX power level—Specify the power level used when transmitting data.
• To use the original factory settings, press Restore defaults.
Creating a basic Internet access point for a wireless LAN
You can quickly create an Internet access point that contains all the basic settings. An Internet access point is needed to
connect to the Internet.
• To create a basic Internet access point, select Connections → Wireless LAN, and select the Networks page. Select the
network or wireless LAN access point for which you want to create the Internet access point, and press Create access
point. Press OK, and you are asked for the WEP key or WPA settings if required by the network. If the network does not
require these security settings, you are shown details on the new Internet access point. Press OK.
For instructions on modifying the WEP key or EAP module settings, see the Help function in the device.
You can also create an Internet access point in more detail.
See Setting up an Internet access point for a wireless LAN on
page 68.
Cable setup
• To specify how the data cable is used, select Connections → Cable setup.
Select from the following options:
• PC Suite connection—Select this to use the data cable to connect to PC Suite.
• IP passthrough—Select this to connect your device to a compatible PC and use the Internet or network connection of the
PC.
• IP passthrough overrides PC Suite—Select this to automatically terminate a PC Suite connection via data cable when you
connect your device to a compatible PC and use the Internet or network connection of the PC.
RealPlayer settings
To access streaming data, such as real-time audio and video, you must set network and proxy settings for the RealPlayer
application.
• To modify RealPlayer settings, select Connections → RealPlayer settings.
On the Network and Proxy pages, define the following:
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