User's Manual

168 Getting started with Internet and Messaging
3. Select your P900 as the modem.
4. Select the port to which the P900 is connected.
5. Confirm the selection. A new DUN connection is created.
Connecting
To connect using a DUN entry created by the wizard
1. If you are connecting by cable, set your P900 to Modem cable
connection mode; see ‘Cable’ on page 146.
2. Use any conventional method to make a connection:
– Click the Desktop shortcut created by the wizard.
– Select the entry from within the system DUN folder.
– Run an application that has built-in support for using DUN
entries (for example, a browser or email client).
GPRS - connection information
Icons on the status bar give you an overview of the information
on data connection calls.
A combined signal strength and GPRS signal icon provides
information on the GPRS service status. The GPRS connection
status appears above the signal strength icon. There are three
states for the icon, unavailable , available and
attached .
The HSCSD/CSD and GPRS icons are displayed during
a data connection. Where GPRS is suspended, for example, the
GPRS suspended state is indicated by a combined icon .
There are three states for the GPRS icon: Active ,
active transferring data (alternates between and )
and suspended . Any data transfer either received or sent
activates the GPRS active icon for 5 seconds.
Connection information
When you select the data connection icon, during an active data
connection, a menu appears with the options Information and
Disconnect .
• Select
Information to view information on the connection.
• Select
Disconnect to end the connection.
GPRS status information
When the signal strength icon is selected, network, GPRS status
information and, if applicable, GPRS error text appear.
GPRS data log
A new GPRS data log entry is created when a GPRS account
establishes a connection for the first time. It does not wait for
transfer data. If there is an existing data log associated with the
current GPRS connection, it is updated.