Nokia N73 - Access points

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Access points

You may receive access point settings in a message from
a service provider. See ‘Data and settings’, p. 63. 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.

indicates a protected

access point, and

indicates a packet data access point.

To create a new access point, select

Options

>

New

access point

. Select

Use default settings

to use the

default access point settings, or

Use existing settings

to

select an existing access point as the basis for the new
access point.

To edit the settings of an access point, select

Options

>

Edit

. Follow the instructions from your service provider.

Connection name

—Enter a descriptive 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 asterisk. Other fields can

be left empty, unless you have been instructed otherwise
by your service provider.

To be able to use a data connection, the network service
provider must support this feature, and if necessary,
activate it for your SIM card.

Packet data

Follow the instructions from your service provider.

Access point name

—You obtain the access point name

from your service provider.

User name

—The user name may be needed to make a data

connection, and is usually provided by the service provider.

Prompt password

—If you must enter the password every

time you log in to a server, or if you do not want to save
your password in the device, select

Yes

.

Password

—A password may be needed to make a data

connection, and is usually provided by the service provider.

Authentication

—Select

Normal

or

Secure

.

Homepage

—Depending on the access point you are setting

up, enter the Web address or the address of the multimedia
messaging center.

Select

Options

>

Advanced settings

to change the

following settings:

Network type

—Select the Internet protocol type to use:

IPv4

or

IPv6

. The other settings depend on the selected

network type.

Phone IP address

(for IPv4 only)—Enter the IP address of

your device.

DNS address

—In

Primary DNS address

, enter the IP

address of the primary DNS server. In

Secondary DNS

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addr.

, enter the IP address of the secondary DNS server.

Contact your Internet service provider to obtain these
addresses.

Proxy serv. address

—Define the address for the proxy

server.

Proxy port number

—Enter the proxy port number.