Nortel Networks IP Phone 1535 Cordless Telephone User Manual


 
Access and modify Wireless Settings 29
If further configuration is required for the IP Phone 1535 to establish a
network connection after you enable the WiFi network connection profile,
the disconnected network connection icon displays. For more information on
the network connection icons and network problems, see "Troubleshooting
connectivity issues" (page 61).
Access and modify Wireless Settings
If the IP Phone 1535 does not automatically register itself with a wireless
router or access point within your network, the IP Phone 1535 requires
manual configuration. With the WiFi network connection profile enabled,
you can access and configure the Wireless Settings configuration options:
Step Action
1 From the Main Menu, select Settings > System Settings > WiFi
> Wireless Settings, and OK.
2
Select the desired configuration options to set the Wireless
networking parameters. The configuration options contained in the
Wireless Settings menu are as follows:
Parameter Description
Details Display network information for the wireless router or access point currently in
use by the IP Phone 1535.
Wi-Fi Scanning Search for available wireless routers in the area and report whether encryption
is enabled on the available routers.
ESSID Manually assign the SSID value to be used by the IP Phone 1535 to connect
to the wireless network. If the wireless router is configured to hide (or not
broadcast) SSID information, you must use the ESSID option must be used to
enter the SSID information manually. Manually setting the SSID information
using the ESSID configuration option also requires that you configure either
the Encryption or the Authentication option as well. From the Main Menu,
Settings > System Settings > WiFi > Wireless Settings, and then select
either Encryption or Authentication (as dictated by local network settings).
Enter an 8 to 63 character passphrase.
Channel ID Assign a manual value to specify the Wi-Fi channel ID to be used in connecting
the IP Phone 1535 to the wireless network.
Encryption Configure data for the encryption key entry (see previous notes for ESSID).
Authentication The following are the three options for configuring the IP Phone 1535
authentication method:
No Authentication
WPA-PSK
WPA2-PSK
Nortel Communications Servers
Nortel IP Phone 1535 Installation and Commissioning
NN43160-300 02.03 Standard
Release 4.0/SN10 28 October 2009
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