Access points, Create a new access point, Create access point groups – Nokia MOBILE PHONE N86 User Manual

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Internet access point (IAP) to send and receive e-mail

and connect to the internet

Check the type of access point you need with your service

provider for the service you want to access. For availability

and subscription to packet data connection services,

contact your service provider.

Access points

Create a new access point

Select

Menu

>

Tools

>

Settings

and

Connection

>

Destinations

.

You may receive access point settings in a message from

a service provider. 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.
When you select one of the access point groups ( , ,

, , ), you can see the access point types:

indicates a protected access point

indicates a packet data access point

indicates a wireless LAN (WLAN) access point

Tip: You can create internet access points in a WLAN with

the WLAN wizard.

To create a new access point, select

Access point

.

The device asks to check for available connections. After

the search, connections that are already available are

displayed and can be shared by a new access point.

If you skip this step, you are asked to select a connection

method and to define the settings needed.

To edit the settings of an access point, select one of the

access point groups, scroll to an access point, and select

Edit

. Use the instructions provided by your service

provider to edit the following:

Connection name — Enter a 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 *. Other fields can be left

empty, unless your service provider has instructed

otherwise.
To use a data connection, your service provider must

support this feature, and if necessary, activate it for your

SIM card.

Create access point groups

Select

Menu

>

Tools

>

Settings

and

Connection

>

Destinations

.

Some applications allow you to use access point groups to

connect to a network.
To avoid selecting which access point to use every time

the device attempts to connect to a network, you can

create a group that contains various access points, and

define the order in which the access points are used to

connect to a network.
For example, you can add wireless LAN (WLAN) and packet

data access points to an internet access point group and

use the group for browsing the web. If you give the WLAN

access point the higher priority, the device connects to the

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