Nokia 9500 Marine Radio User Manual
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1. Communicator 9245749 Issue 1 EN Nokia and Nokia Connecting People are registered trademarks of Nokia Corporation Nokia 9500 Communicator Using WLAN Legal Notice Copyright Nokia 2005 All rights reserved Reproduction transfer distribution or storage of part or all of the contents in this document in any form without the prior written permission of Nokia is prohibited Nokia and Nokia Connecting People are registered trademarks of Nokia Corporation Other product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks or trade names of their respective owners Nokia operates a policy of continuous development Nokia reserves the right to make changes and improvements to any of the products described in this document without prior notice Copyright 2005 Nokia All rights reserved Under no circumstances shall Nokia be responsible for any loss of data or income or any special incidental consequential or indirect damages howsoever caused The contents of this document are provided as is Except as required by applicable law no warranties of any kind either express or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose are made in relation to the accuracy reliability or contents of this document Nokia reserves the right to revise this document or withdraw it at any time without prior notice Introduction The purpose of this document is to guide2. allowed Then you must remove the battery reinsert it and switch on the device before browsing the Web again This also turns off WLAN power saving in your device The WLAN icon sometimes appears different the WLAN network icon W in the upper left corner of the screen has the following implications for troubleshooting 1 If the icon is not displayed at all a WLAN connection has not been successfully established NOKIA CONNECTING PEOPLE Nokia com mobile Exit 2 Ifthe W icon is displayed and surrounded by a box graphic see the image above or a lock graphic see the image below but data cannot be transferred the Connections Then select the open connection press WLAN connection is working normally and the problem probably lies with TCP IP CONNECTING PEOPLE Nokia com mobile 3 If background scanning is turned on and the W icon is displayed without any border graphics see the image below it means that a WLAN network is available that is there is network coverage It does not indicate that a WLAN connection is active and can be used to transfer data Nokia 9500 Communicator NOKIA CONNECTING PEOPLE AJ Wrong IP address if the W icon is displayed and Surrounded by a box or lock graphic but data cannot be transferred the IP address may be defined incorrectly To check the IP address of your WLAN connection select Desk Tools Conn manager the Menu key an
3. chapter e 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 Change Next Back 3 y yy 4 W Ad has Easy WLAN Cancel Press Next to proceed Select the WLAN security mode Nokia 9500 Communicator supports the following WLAN security modes e None This security mode is commonly used with HTTP based logon User authentication is performed at a higher layer using a HTML login page e IWEP 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 9500 Communicator supports 40 64 bit 104 128 and 232 256 bit WEP key lengths Copyright 2005 Nokia All rights reserved Defining WLAN connection settings gt Note The WEP mode provides a lower level of security than the Wi Fi Protected Access WPA mode If you use th
4. configuration if you encounter these check the following 1 3 Many WLAN access points contain proprietary Turbo mode s claiming to enhance data rates These functionalities should be disabled from the IAP if there is any reason to believe that they are causing problems to legacy WLAN terminals including Nokia 9500 Communicator Many access points contain an option to configure them for different wireless modes These are usually called something like 802 119 Only 802 119 Auto 802 116 Only Mixed mode If the IAP is configured to a 802 11g Only mode it means that 802 116 devices including Nokia 9500 Communicator are not able to associate with the IAP Many interoperability problems are solved by updating the IAP firmware to the latest version Finally remember that all Wi Fi certified devices are unfortunately not compatible even if they are supposed to be Copyright 2005 Nokia All rights reserved WLAN troubleshooting
5. select e Access points Select this to view the wireless LAN Desk Tools Control Panel Connections access points that are currently in range and Wireless LAN available and the radio frequency channel they are using e Ad hoc networks Select this to view the available ad hoc networks Status Connection status Not connected Network name Connection security Connection quality 1 On the Status page you can see the connection status 3 EAP PEAP 4 EAP MSCHAPv2 network name connection security and connection quality of the currently open WLAN connection 3 Press Menu to change to the Security page Select an installed EAP security plug in and press View details to view its name release date version and manufacturer Excellent 2 Press Menu to change to the Networks page In the Display field select the network item you want and press View details to view the following information e Networks Select this to view all WLAN networks that can be accessed and their signal strength Copyright 2005 Nokia All rights reserved WLAN troubleshooting Some common problems that may occur when using WLAN are discussed in this section 1 Nokia 9500 Communicator Wrong Bluetooth settings if you cannot browse the Web even though the WLAN connection is working select Desk Tools Control Panel Connections Wireless LAN Settings and disallow Simultaneous Bluetooth usage if it is
6. 7 Press Done and press Finish to save the settings of your new IAP Copyright 2005 Nokia All rights reserved Defining WLAN connection settings Defining WLAN connection settings Creating a WLAN Internet Access nternet settings type Select Wireless LAN Point for an ad hoc network To create a new Internet Access Point select Desk gt Tools Control Panel Connections Internet setup Network ID gt Internet Internet settings type Wireless LAN 3 4 WeAd hoc Easy WLAN Internet setup Internet settings name gt Sample service WK Control panel _ Connections oe General wi Internet setup wae Data management 3 Bluetooth p Telephone Y Wireless LAN Press Next to proceed Messaging i Cable Setup i Connections RealPlayer Settings 2 Define the following settings Security i Network mode Select Ad hoc exes e Network name Give the network a name 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 htorotinany Network mode gt Ad hoc IAP A Network name gt adhoc001 1 Define the following settings l 4 WE Ad hoc Easy WLAN e nternet settings name Type any descriptive name you want for the IAP Office ad hoc connection Press Next to proceed for example 3 Select the WLAN security mode Nokia 9500 e Network ID 7 Select nternet as the
7. 8000 or 8080 You can use the No proxy for field to define the domains for which the HTTP or HTTPS proxy is not needed 6 Press Done and press Finish to save the settings of your ad hoc IAP Defining general WLAN settings To access the general settings select Desk Tools gt Control Panel Connections Wireless LAN VA Wireless LAN Status Networks Settings Security Control panel 2 sabling WLAN power save can improve WLAN interoperability but will shorten battery life WLAN power saving gt Enabled Background scan interval gt Never 1 Press Menu to access the Settings page where you can define the Background scan interval If background scanning is enabled the device will detect the availability of WLAN automatically The availability of a WLAN network will be indicated in the user interface with a small W icon If background scanning is disabled then WLAN networks will only be scanned for when an application is establishing a connection to the Internet Copyright 2005 Nokia All rights reserved 3 Change the Background scan interval to the desired value Never 7 minutes 2 minutes 5 minutes 10 minutes Selecting Never reduces battery consumption Next select whether WLAN power saving is enabled or disabled There are differences in the way WLAN access points implement WLAN power saving which may lead to interoperability problems with your device when WLAN power saving is used Dis
8. This means that EAP based logon will be used Press Menu again to change to the EAP page and configure the EAP settings Select the EAP methods that are allowed in this mode by moving up and down in the list and pressing Disable or Enable Typically the user uses only one EAP method so in most cases only one EAP method should be enabled in this dialog 7 Internet setup l Priority i IP configuration Proxies WPA EAP WEP Configure EAP types for 802 1X authentication Disable EAP SIM EAP TLS Configure Control panel EAP PEAP EAP LEAP 5 Inthe advanced settings press Menu to change to the IP configuration page and set the IP address and parameters if necessary In public wireless LAN networks DHCP is typically used so the default value Yes for Auto retrieve IP should be used there For the IPv6 DNS mode you can select one of three alternatives DHCP Manual or Well known If you select Manual you need to type the IP addresses of the primary and secondary DNS servers 6 Inthe advanced settings press Menu to change to the Proxies page and configure the HTTP and HTTPS proxy settings if necessary If a web proxy needs to be used select the protocol HTTP or HTTPS set User proxy server to Yes type the IP address or domain name of the Proxy Server type the Port Number for example 8000 or 8080 You can use the Vo proxy for field to define the domains for which the HTTP or HTTPS proxy is not needed
9. abling WLAN power Saving increases power consumption when WLAN connections are used Press Done to save the settings Establishing a WLAN connection This chapter describes how you can establish a WLAN connection It uses a Web browser connection via the Easy WLAN IAP which comes with the device as an example but other kinds of WLAN connections such as an ad hoc connection to your printer work the same way To establish a WLAN connection 1 2 3 Make sure you have a valid user name and password for the network Switch on your Nokia 9500 Communicator Press Web and select Open Web address Enter the URL of the Web page that you want to visit and press Go to In the Network connection list select Easy WLAN and press Connect In the WLAN selection list select the WLAN network and press Connect When your browser is redirected to the authentication page enter your user name and password and press OK You can now use the connection just like any other connection If you experience problems with the WLAN connection make sure that you are within the range of the access point When you are finished press Exit to close the connection and the browser To close the connection but leave the browser open press Menu and select File Disconnect Establishing a WLAN connection Copyright 2005 Nokia All rights reserved Viewing the status of a WLAN connection To view the status of your WLAN connection
10. d select select Tools IP address Nokia com mobile Copyright 2005 Nokia All rights reserved WLAN troubleshooting WLAN troubleshooting If DHCP is being used but it failed to retrieve the address then an IP address starting with 169 254 x x is shown Sometimes it might take a while up to 2 minutes for Nokia 9500 Communicator to receive IP settings from the server If the IP addresses still appear incorrect you can try the following two solutions 1 Disable WLAN power saving To access the setting select Desk Tools Control Panel Connections Wireless LAN 2 Try using manually configured IP settings instead of DHCP Notice that this requires that you have acquired the appropriate IP settings for the particular network You should request them from the network administrator Wrong proxy settings if you cannot browse the Web even though the WLAN connection is working and the IP settings seem to be correct check that the HTTP HTTPS proxy settings are defined correctly in the Internet Access Point settings Problems with the WEP security mode if you encounter these check that the WEP keys have been entered in the correct format ASCII vs HEX and have the right number of characters ASCII WEP keys are also case sensitive check that you have not confused any upper or lower case letters in the key Incorrect WEP keys may cause a situation where Nokia 9500 Communicator is able to associate
11. e WEP mode you should change the key regularly When this security mode is selected and you press Next the following dialog will be shown Configure the WEP key by selecting its number length and type and then entering the key Defining WLAN connection settings SE interet setup Control panel More WEP keys can be edited in advanced settings Next Configure WEP key for the network WEP key index gt 1 WEP key length 40 bits Back WEP key type gt ASCII WEP key data gt Cancel gt Note A WEP key can be entered in hexadecimal HEX or text ASCII format It is important that the same notation is used both in the access point and the Nokia 9500 Communicator A 104 bit WEP key is the same as a 128 bit WEP key and you should enter 26 characters if you are using the HEX format or 13 characters if you are using the ASCII format Similarly a 40 64 bit WEP key requires 10 HEX or 5 ASCII characters and a 232 256 bit key requires 58 HEX or 29 ASCII characters Copyright 2005 Nokia All rights reserved e 802 1x This security mode is provided in order to support the legacy Dynamic WEP system and to Support networks that are migrating from Dynamic WEP to Wi Fi Protected Access WPA In this mode Nokia 9500 Communicator is able to join both dynamic WEP and WPA networks Dynamic WEP refers to the fact that WEP keys are not static or pre configured but they are dynamically gene
12. ecimal HEX or text ASCII format It is important that the same notation is used both in the access point and the Nokia 9500 Communicator A 104 bit WEP key is the same as a 128 bit WEP key and you should enter 26 characters if you are using the HEX format or 13 characters if you are using the ASCII format Similarly a 40 64 bit WEP key requires 10 HEX or 5 ASCII characters and a 232 256 bit key requires 58 HEX or 29 ASCII characters Press Next to proceed If you do not need to configure any advanced settings press Finish to save the settings of your ad hoc IAP If you do need to configure advanced settings press Advanced On the P configuration page set the IP address and parameters if necessary In public wireless LAN networks DHCP is typically used so the default value Yes for Auto retrieve IP should be used there For the IPv6 DNS mode you can select one of three alternatives DHCP Manual or Well known f you select Manual you need to type the IP addresses of the primary and secondary DNS servers Press Menu to change to the Proxies page and configure the HTTP and HTTPS proxy settings if necessary If a web proxy needs to be used select the protocol HTTP or HTTPS set User proxy server to Yes Copyright 2005 Nokia All rights reserved Defining WLAN connection settings Defining WLAN connection settings type the IP address or domain name of the Proxy Server type the Port Number for example
13. he 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 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 Copyright 2005 Nokia All rights reserved 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 y
14. network ID for Communicator supports the following WLAN security the connection modes for ad hoc connections e None e IWEP 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 Copyright 2005 Nokia All rights reserved 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 9500 Communicator supports 40 64 bit 104 128 and 232 256 bit WEP key lengths gt Note The WEP mode provides a lower level of security than the Wi Fi Protected Access WPA mode If you use the WEP mode you should change the key regularly When this security mode is selected and you press Next the following dialog will be shown Configure the WEP key by selecting its number length and type and then entering the key Internet setup Configure WEP key for the network Control panel More WEP keys can be edited in advanced settings Next WEP key index gt 1 WEP key length 40 bits Back WEP key type ASCII WEP key data gt Cancel gt Note A WEP key can be entered in hexad
15. our 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 ni Control panel Connections Select Oe General GE Internet setup eee Data management 3 Bluetooth E Telephone 2 Wireless LAN Cable Setup RealPlayer Settings Messaging E Connections Security E Extras Exit 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 e nternetsettings name Type any name you want for the IAP Operator X WLAN service for example e Network ID Select the network ID for the connection In most cases this can be nternet the other option is Default GPRS network which you probably already have settings for e nternet settings type Select Wireless LAN Internet t satip OG Next Control panel Internet settings name gt Sample service Network ID Internet Back Internet settings type gt Wireless LAN 4 WE Ad hoc Easy WLAN Cancel Press Next to proceed 2 Define the following settings e 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
16. rated as part of the Extensible Authentication Protocol EAP authentication procedure If WLAN access points support WPA then it is recommended to use the WPA security mode instead of this mode WPA The Wi Fi Protected Access WPA security mode provides the highest level of security among the WLAN security modes of Nokia 9500 Communicator As required by the Wi Fi specifications WEP ciphering is not allowed in this mode so Temporal Key Integrity Protection TKIP is used as the ciphering method When this security mode is selected and you press Next the following dialog will be shown Select EAP in order to use Extensible Authentication Protocol EAP based logon or select Pre shared key to use a master password which you must then enter A WPA pre shared key needs to be at least 8 characters long SE Internet setup Internet setup Next Control panel Please configure WPA authentication E WPA mode gt EAP Back Pre shared key Cancel Press Next to proceed If you do not need to configure any advanced settings press Finish to save the settings of your new IAP Otherwise press Advanced gt Note If you selected the 802 1x or the WPA EAP security mode you have to access the advanced settings to configure EAP settings 4 Inthe advanced settings press Menu to change to the 802 1x page in 802 1x mode or VPA page in WPA mode and make sure that the WPA mode is set to EAP as it should by default
17. with a WLAN network the W icon with a box graphic is visible but no data can be transferred Copyright 2005 Nokia All rights reserved Control panel Also remember to check that the WEP authentication mode is correct In the access point it may be called for example WEP authentication shared key authentication or Wi Fi security mode Poor signal quality to check the signal quality of your WLAN connection select Desk Tools Control Panel Connections Wireless LAN Networks If the signal quality is weak or even moderate you may encounter connection problems Try again nearer the access point WirelessLAN Networks Display gt Networks a HNet Excellent Wrong security mode if the W icon is displayed but not surrounded by a box or lock graphic the configured security mode may not be the right mode To check the security mode that the network uses select Desk Tools Control Panel Connections Wireless LAN Networks Select the network and press Details Problems with the WPA or 802 1x security mode if you encounter these check the following 1 Check that the WPA mode is the right one pre shared key or EAP 2 Check the pre shared key 3 Check that all EAP types that are not needed are disabled 4 Check that EAP type settings are correct passwords user names certificates etc Problems with access point
18. you in using wireless LAN WLAN connections with your Nokia 9500 Communicator Typical situations in which you might use WLAN with Nokia 9500 Communicator 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 9500 Communicator supports the following WLAN features e EEE 802 11b WLAN standard e Wi Fi Protected Access 1 0 WPA e 232 bit WEP keys e For interoperability with older WLAN networks Nokia 9500 Communicator also supports the legacy static WEP security and dynamic WEP security Nokia 9500 Communicator does not support the IEEE 802 11a and IEEE 802 11g WLAN standards La 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 Copyright 2005 Nokia All rights reserved Introduction Defining WLAN connection settings Defining WLAN connection settings This chapter discusses the WLAN settings in Nokia 9500 Communicator Special focus is on the selection of t
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