Access points

Select the Access points item in the page menu to see the list of GPRS or WLAN access points available for provisioning to the clients.

When installing the DME client on Symbian phones, the installer tries to set up three possible access points in the client settings automatically. This applies to client 3.0.2 and above only. The installation process evaluates any existing internet access points (IAP) on the DME client, and places three access points in the General settings page on the device. The IAPs are selected and placed based on their perceived cost, according to the following scheme:

• WLAN IAPs are selected first. A maximum of 2 WLAN IAPs are selected and placed as preferred access points 1 and 2.
• For the remaining access point (or points, if less than two WLAN access points were found), the installation process finds one or more IAPs where the name contains the word "internet" or "www", and uses it or them as subsequent access points.
• If no such IAP is found, then the first available IAP is used for the remaining access points.

  With this scheme, the IAP incurring the lowest cost is probably picked first, namely the corporate WLAN, and then possibly the user's home WLAN is picked next. The third access point is then the general GPRS IAP.

• However, the administrator can choose to name a GPRS and/or WLAN access point as "DME_AP_(something)". If this access point is pushed to the phone along with the installation command, it will be installed as first choice. If more than one access point starts with "DME_AP", they will be selected in random order as first, second, and third access point.

The user can change the selections later.

The list of access points is divided into two panel sections, which are described in the following.