When I download my e-mail with the E70, it does not give me a choice of selecting the access point, but instead automatically uses the GPRS-Internet point from my mobile provider. I have set up a WLAN access point for my home wireless internet, but I can't seem to find a way for the phone to use this instead of the GPRS. The WLAN does show as an Available WLAN but never shows as an Active Data Connection.
I believe that I have set up the WLAN access point correctly. I have not set up an Access Point Group.
For my previous phone (6681) I could define the access point to be used but I can't seem to find a similar function in the E70.
Any help woulld be greatly appreciated.
Go to: Messages - Definitions - E-mail - Mail Box - Your mail box - Options - Change - Connection definitions - E-mail inbox - Access point - WLAN;
The names coulb be diferent, because I mada a free tradution from my phone language.
steve1999 wrote:I believe that I have set up the WLAN access point correctly.
Does your WLAN access point work (try it with the web browser)
I have not set up an Access Point Group.
Another thing that Nokia needs to fix, the email app doesn't allow you to select an access point group.
For my previous phone (6681) I could define the access point to be used but I can't seem to find a similar function in the E70.
Settings > E-mail > (select an account) > Connection settings >
You can then configure the access points for incoming and outgoing separately.
desertrat wrote:
Another thing that Nokia needs to fix, the email app doesn't allow you to select an access point group.
If you mean to indicate that using access point group does not work on
the E70, I can tell you that it works for me at least.
Quite practical, if I check email around my house, it will use the WLAN, otherwise it will go for GPRS connection. I did struggle a bit before
understanding the setup, especially since I had to use different
SMTP servers for the GPRS and the internet provider for outgoing
mail. But the E70 can even do that!
I am not sure what it was I had problems with in the beginning,
but there was something with the sequence of doing things. Suggest
trying to create an access group first, and then play around with
a dummy email account created afterwards.
Thanks for your help. I have been able to now specify which access point is used for a connection.
However, one issue I notice is that the WLAN connection appears to have a very short range, much less than my notebook PC. It seems that if I am beyond 3 meters from the wireless router, I likely won't get a connection. Is this normal? If so, it would seem to make the WLAN function of limited usefulness.
Thanks again.
3 meters! No, not normal.