User's Manual

YOUR PERSONAL SETTINGS
CONNECTION SETTINGS
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must purchase and install a third-party VPN
client in order to use this feature.
Ask your corporate system administrator
for the following information:
• Your username and password
• Your server’s domain name
• Your server’s TCP/IP settings
• Your server’s host name or IP address
1 Install your third-party VPN client (see
Installing applications
).
2 Press Start and select Settings.
3 Select the Connections tab, and then
select Connections .
4 On the Tasks tab, select Add a new
VPN server connection.
5 Follow the onscreen instructions to
enter the settings provided by your
corporate system administrator.
Setting up a proxy server
1 Press Start and select Settings.
2 Select the Connections tab, and then
select Connections .
3 On the Tasks tab, select Set up my
proxy server.
4 Check both the This network connects
to the Internet and the This network
uses a proxy server to connect to the
Internet boxes.
5 Select Proxy server and enter the proxy
server name.
6 Press OK .
Ending a data connection
If your service plan includes
minutes-of-use fees for data connections,
you can reduce costs by ending the data
connection when you’ve finished browsing
the web.
TIP To manually start a data connection on
your wireless service provider network or
another network, go to Connections
Settings, and on the Tasks tab, select
Manage existing connections. Tap and hold
the connection you want to start, and then
select Connect from the shortcut menu
TIP To change settings such as the port
number, proxy server type, or credentials,
select Advanced.