User manual NOKIA C110

[. . . ] Nokia C110/C111 Wireless LAN Card User's guide For your safety Read these simple guidelines. Further detailed information is given in this user's guide. Road safety comes first Do not use the wireless LAN card while driving; park the vehicle first. Interference All wireless LAN cards may receive interference, which could affect performance. Hospitals and aircraft Wireless LAN cards can cause interference. Observe restrictions for use in these areas. Switch off when refueling Do not use the wireless LAN card at a refueling point. Do not use near fuel or chemicals. Switch off near blasting Do not use the wireless LAN card where blasting is in progress. [. . . ] The installation is carried out in the same manner as the original installation from the CD-ROM. Note: All the existing settings which you have configured on the Profiles and General settings pages - including your personal profiles - will remain unchanged even when the software has been updated. Note: Make sure that your computer has enough battery power before you start to download the updated software. Administrator The Administrator page is meant for system administrators and is not installed as part of the typical installation procedure. On the Administrator page, the system administrator can save important data on a smart card and can create installation disks, which can then be distributed to end users within a corporation, for example, offering quick access to networked resources. Note: When you have installed the Administrator page, you can configure the Nokia A032 Wireless LAN Access Point using a standard browser interface. Go to the Status page of the Manager window and click the browse button there. For details on how to configure the Nokia A032, please refer to the Nokia A032 Wireless LAN Access Point Advanced User Guide. 34 Creating smart cards The system administrator can store important information such as personal WEP keys and network profiles on a smart card. The administrator can then give users smart cards which contain the necessary network settings and encryption keys for quick network access. The user inserts the smart card into the Nokia C110/C111, inserts the wireless LAN card into a compatible computer, and is then ready to access the wireless LAN. To store data on a smart card: 1 Slide the smart card into the smart card slot of the Nokia C110/C111. Make sure 2 3 4 5 that the metal contacts of the smart card are facing down and that the beveled corner is on the right. Insert the wireless LAN card in your computer and start the Nokia C110/C111 program. If you want to remove items from the smart card, select the desired items on the right and click the arrow button pointing to the left. You can type additional information about the smart card in the Smart card description text box. Click OK to save the selected items on the smart card. Note: Profiles are copied to a smart card when the Keep data after storing on smart card check box is selected. If this check box is cleared, the selected profiles will be removed - instead of being copied - from the system to a smart card. If you want to empty the contents of a smart card, click Erase All. Note that all items on a smart card will be removed, including the smart card description. If you want the program to re-read the contents of a smart card, click Reload. Creating installation disks The system administrator can create installation disks which contain all the necessary settings needed for accessing a wireless LAN. All the desired settings and profiles can be copied to the installation disk, which then offers an end user quick access to a wireless LAN. The end user does not have to configure settings in order to be able to connect to a network. To generate an installation disk: 35 1 On the Administrator page, in the Installation disk area, click Create. The Profiles available list contains the names of all the profiles found in the system registry. Select a profile you want to save on the installation disk and click the arrow button pointing to the right. Note: General settings are automatically copied to a disk, and do not have to be selected separately like profiles. If you want to remove a profile from the list, select it and click the arrow button pointing to the left. [. . . ] Infrastructure One of the two operating modes that can be selected when using the Nokia C110/C111. With this configuration option users can set up a network where wireless stations communicate with wired and wireless stations through an access point. The listen interval indicates to the access point how often a wireless station wakes to listen to beacon management frames. Local area network (LAN) Group of interconnected devices that share common processing and file management resources usually within a specific physical area, such as a building, floor, or office. 61 Wired LAN A local area network in which cables are used to connect devices. Wireless LAN A local area network in which radio, microwave, or infrared links are used to connect devices instead of physical cables. [. . . ]