Nokia 9300I WLAN User Manual

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Introduction

The purpose of this document is to guide you in using wireless LAN (WLAN) connections with your Nokia 9300i. Typical situations in which you might use WLAN with Nokia 9300i include, but are not limited to, downloading e-mail with attachments, browsing the web and downloading files, connecting to company network, connecting to a WLAN-capable laptop computer, and sending a document to a WLAN-connected printer. WLAN connections can be used both in public situations, such as when waiting at an airport or staying at a hotel, and in private wireless networks at your office or home.

Nokia 9300i supports the following WLAN features:

• IEEE 802.11g and IEEE 802.11b WLAN standards

• Wi-Fi Protected Access 1.0 and 2 (WPA/WPA2)

• For interoperability with older WLAN networks, Nokia 9300i also supports the legacy static WEP security and dynamic WEP security

Nokia 9300i does not support the IEEE 802.11a WLAN standard.

Note: The typical transmission range of WLAN connections is limited from 30 meters in indoor spaces to 100 meters in open spaces. The range of wireless devices can be affected by metal surfaces, solid high-density materials and obstacles in the signal path.

Introduction

Defining WLAN connection settings

This chapter discusses the WLAN settings in Nokia 9300i. Special focus is on the selection of the WLAN security mode.

Different connectivity settings, including GPRS, WLAN and other technologies, are organized in so called Internet Access Points (IAPs) in your device. For WLAN access point usage, a WLAN IAP can be created. The advantage of using WLAN access point is that you have more control (particularly regarding security) over network traffic because it passes through the access point, and that you can use any resources in the wired network that the WLAN access point is connected to. The most important

Defining WLAN connection settings

settings in the WLAN IAP include the network name (SSID), the WLAN security mode, and the security mode specific security settings.

It is not always necessary to pre-configure the IAP settings, as the user can select the Easy WLAN Internet Access Point. The Easy WLAN IAP allows the user to connect to newly discovered WLAN networks for which there is no pre-configured IAP. In WLAN access point usage, the Easy WLAN IAP can be used for connections to open networks (security mode "None") that use HTTP based logon.

It is also possible for WLAN devices to communicate directly with each other without any WLAN access points. This is done via ad hoc networks, which are established by a single user and others can then join in. Ad hoc connections are easy to set up, but they are limited to devices within the wireless transmission range. You can use ad hoc WLAN connections to print a document in your device to a compatible printer, for example.

Creating a WLAN Internet Access Point for a WLAN access point

To create a new Internet Access Point, select Desk→

Tools

→ Control Panel→ Connections→ Internet setup.

When the list of existing IAPs is shown, press New to create a new one. If there are existing IAPs, the setup asks

you if you want to use of of them as a basis for the new IAP.

1 Define the following settings:

• Internet settings name — Type any name you want for

the IAP; “Operator X WLAN service”, for example.

• Network ID — Select the network ID for the

connection. In most cases this can be Internet (the other option is Default GPRS network, which you probably already have settings for).

• Internet settings type — Select Wireless LAN.

Press Next to proceed.

2 Define the following settings:

• Network mode — Select Infrastructure to be able to

connect to WLAN networks through a WLAN access point. The other option is Ad hoc, which is discussed later in this chapter.

• Network name — Enter the exact (case sensitive)

network name (SSID) of the WLAN network. The name must be exactly the same as in your Wi-Fi

router. If you do not enter the SSID here, you are not able to connect to networks that use a hidden SSID.

Press Next to proceed.

3 Select the WLAN security mode. Nokia 9300i supports

the following WLAN security modes:

• None — This security mode is commonly used with

HTTP based logon. User authentication is performed at a higher layer using a HTML login page.

• WEP — This security mode is supported for

compatibility with IEEE 802.11 Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) networks. Pre-configured static WEP keys are required for this mode. There are two notations in use in the WLAN industry for the WEP key length representation, which sometimes makes things a bit confusing. The reason is that WEP key has a 24 bit common part and some vendors count this as being part of the key length, while some vendors do not. Nokia uses the latter notation. Both notations are equivalent at WLAN protocol level and fully interoperable. Nokia 9300i supports 40 (64) bit and 104 (128) bit WEP key lengths.

Defining WLAN connection settings

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