Yealink T41S User manual

Yealink T41S
Wireless Settings

1. Ensure that the Wi-Fi USB Dongle WF40 is properly connected to the USB port at the back of
your phone
Wireless Network Overview
Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology that uses radio waves to provide wireless High speed Internet
and network connections. You can activate/deactivate the Wi-Fi mode on your Yealink T41S IP phone, and then
connect your phone to the desired wireless network
Yealink T41S Wireless Settings
Connect the Wi-Fi Dongle
Activating the Wi-Fi Mode
2. Your screen will prompt “Wi-Fi adapter is added, scanning wireless networks?”
Note: You can tap OK to activate Wi-Fi mode directly and scan Wi-Fi devices automatically
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3. Tap the Menu > Basic > Wi-Fi
4. Press or , or the Switch soft key to select On from the Wi-Fi field.
5. Press the Save soft key
The IP phone scans the available wireless networks in your area
There are 3 ways to connect your T41S IP Phone to the wireless network
•Manually connect to an available wireless network
•Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS)
•Manually add a wireless network
To manually connect to a wireless network via phone user interface:
1.
2.
Press Menu > Settings > Basic Settings > Wi-Fi
Press o r to X Available Network(s) (X represents the number of available networks),
and then press the Enter soft key.
Yealink T41S Wireless Settings
Activating the Wi-Fi Mode via the phone user interface
Connecting to the Wireless Network
Manually Connect to an Available Wireless Network
3. If there is no available wireless network, press the Scan soft key to search for the wireless network again
4. Press
or
to select the desired wireless network
5. Press the Connect soft key
6. If the Network is secure, enter its password in the Password field
7. Press the OK soft key
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8. Once the connection has completed successfully, the icon appears after the name of the
wireless network
9. The Wi-Fi status displays on the centre of the LCD screen when the phone is idle
Yealink T41S Wireless Settings
Manually Connect to an Available Wireless Network Cont.
Note: For more information on the password of the wireless network, contact your system administrator
Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS)
Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) provides simplified mechanisms to configure secure wireless networks.
WPS can automatically configure a wireless network with a network name (SSID) and strong WPA
data encryption and authentication.
Two methods supported by Yealink IP phones in the Wi-Fi protected setup:
•Push Button Configuration (PBC): The user simply has to press WPS key on both the IP
phone and gateway/router to connect.
•Personal Identification Number (PIN): The user has to enter a PIN generated randomly by
the IP phone on the gateway/router to connect.
Push Button Configuration (PBC)
To connect to the wireless network using PBC method:
1. Press Menu > Settings > Basic Settings > Wi-Fi
2. Press the WPS soft key, then select WPS
3. The LCD screen prompts “WPS has been activated, connect in 120s”
4. Long press the WPS key on your gateway/router
5. Once WPS setup has completed successfully, the icon appears after the name of wireless network
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To connect to the wireless network using PIN method:
1. Press Menu > Settings > Basic Settings > Wi-Fi
2. Press the WPS soft key, and then select WPS-PIN
3. The LCD screen prompts “Please input below PIN code on your Wi-Fi router and press OK to
connect: xxxx”
4. Log into your gateway/router’s web interface, and configure it to search the clients. For
more information, refer to the documentation from the gateway/router manufacturer.
Once WPS-PIN setup has completed successfully, the gateway/router’s web interface will
prompt success
Yealink T41S Wireless Settings
Personal Identification Number (PIN)
Note: Contact your system administrator for more information
If your gateway/router has SSID broadcast disabled, it might not appear in the scanning results. In
that case, you must manually add a wireless network:
1. Press Menu > Settings > Basic Settings > Wi-Fi
2. Press or to highlight Known Network(s), and then press the Add soft key
3. Use the WLAN settings obtained from your gateway/router to configure this WLAN Profile
on your IP phone. Do the following:
a. If you select None or WEP from the pull-down list of Security Mode:
Enter the profile name, SSID and WPA shared key in the corresponding fields
b. If you select WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK from the pull-down list of Security Mode:
Select the desired Cipher type (TKIP, AES or TKIP AES) from the pull-down list of
Cipher Type
Enter the profile name, SSID and WPA shared key in the corresponding fields
4. Press the Save soft key to accept the change or the Back soft key to cancel
Note: The connected wireless networks will be saved to Known Network(s) list. The Known
Network(s) list can store up to 5 wireless networks, you can specify the priority to connect to the
corresponding wireless network.
Manually Add a Wireless Network
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To view the wireless network information via your phone user interface:
1. Press Menu > Settings > Basic Settings > Wi-Fi
2. Press
3. 3. Press the Detail soft key to view the detailed wireless network information (e.g., Profile Name,
SSID or Signal Strength).
4. If the IP phone is connected to a wireless network successfully, you can also press Menu > Settings
>Basic Settings > Wi-Fi > Wi-Fi Status to view the connected wireless network information
or to highlight the desired wireless network
Yealink T41S Wireless Settings
Viewing the Wireless Network Information
Managing the Saved Wireless Network
Once the IP phone has ever been connected to a wireless network successfully, the wireless network
profile will be saved in Known Network(s) list. The next time you enable Wi-Fi feature, the IP phone
will be automatically connected to the wireless network which has the highest priority (the top one).
Up to 5 wireless network profiles can be saved in Known Network(s) list. If you want to add a new
one when the IP phone has already saved 5 wireless network profiles, please delete the older saved
profile before adding.
To manage the known network(s) via phone user interface:
1. Press Menu > Settings > Basic Settings > Wi-Fi > Known Network(s)
2. Press the Option soft key
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3. Do one of the following:
-To edit the wireless network profile:
•Select Edit from the prompt list
•Edit the desired wireless network information
•Press the Save soft key
-To change the priority of the wireless network:
•Select Move Up or Move Down from the prompt list to improve or lower the priority of the
wireless network that the IP phone automatically connects to
-To delete the saved wireless network profile (s):
•Select Delete or Delete All from the prompt list
Yealink T41S Wireless Settings
Managing the Saved Wireless Network Cont.
Note: If you delete your wireless network profile from your phone, you will need to manually connect
to it next time
Disconnecting the Wireless Network Connection
To disconnect wireless network via phone user interface:
1.Press Menu > Settings > Basic Settings > Wi-Fi > X Available Network(s) (X represents the number
of available networks)
2. Select the connected wireless network, and then press the Disconnect soft key.
The wireless network is disconnected. You can press the Connect soft key to connect again
Deactivating the Wi-Fi Mode
To deactivate the Wi-Fi mode via phone user interface:
1. Press Menu > Settings > Basic Settings > Wi-Fi
2. Tap Press or , or the Switch soft key to select Off from the Wi-Fi field
3. Press the Save soft key to accept the changes
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4. The LCD screen displays that Wi-Fi is Off
Note: Wi-Fi is configurable via web user interface at the path Network->Wi-Fi.