Connectivity – Toshiba G500 User Manual

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Connectivity

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Connectivity

Creating a proxy connection

Depending on your Service Provider's configuration,

you may need to add a proxy connection to allow

your Toshiba phone to access the Internet or WAP

services. Every network connection is different and

your Service Provider will be able to advise if you

need to create a proxy connection. You should

gather all the relevant information you need, from

your Service Provider, before creating a proxy

connection.
To create a proxy connection:

1. From the Home screen, select Start > Settings

> Connections > Proxy > Menu > Add.

2. Enter the following information:

Description - enter a name for the connection.

Connects from - enter the type of network from

which you will connect.

Connects to - select the type of network to

which you will connect.

Proxy [name:port] - enter the proxy server

name and port number.

Type - select the type of proxy connection to

create.

User name - enter your user name for the

GPRS network, if required.

Password - enter your password, if required.

3. Select Done.

Creating a VPN connection

1. From the Home screen, select Start > Settings

> Connections > VPN > Menu > Add.

2. Enter the following information

Description - enter a name for the connection.

VPN type - select the VPN type.

Server - enter the VPN server name.

Connects from - enter the type of network from

which you will connect to the VPN (typically The

Internet).

Connects to - select the type of network to

which you will connect (typically Work).

IMPORTANT: Please ensure that you have set

up a successful GPRS connection before trying

to create a VPN connection - the VPN

connection uses the GPRS connection to

connect to your Work network. You should

gather all the relevant information you need be-

fore creating a VPN connection. For the VPN

connection to work, you must also refer to the

Connecting to intranet URLs section below.

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