NOOK User Guide Wireless Connectivity 58Wi-FiYour NOOK can connect to Wi-Fi hotspots (places that offer wireless Internet access) that use the802.11b or 802.11g standard.Display menus for managing Wi-Fi hotspots by tapping wi-fi on the Home menu:wi-fiAlternatively, tap settings on the Home menu, then tap Wi-Fi. The menus are the same. Here wewill assume that you tap wi-fi on the Home menu.Connecting to Wi-Fi HotspotsYour NOOK can connect to Wi-Fi hotspots as follows:• Your NOOK automatically detects and connects to Wi-Fi hotspots in Barnes & NobleBookstores.• Your NOOK automatically detects and connects to AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots in the United States.• Your NOOK automatically detects Wi-Fi hotspots that broadcast their network name (ServiceSet Identifier, or SSID). It does not automatically connect to them, but in Settings you canchoose to connect to one of them. After you have chosen to connect to a hotspot, yourNOOK connects to it automatically in the future. If you no longer want to connect to a hotspotautomatically, you can ask your NOOK to forget the hotspot.• You can configure one or more Wi-Fi hotspots, irrespective of whether they broadcast theirSSIDs. For example, you can configure Wi-Fi settings for a home network or the coffee shoparound the corner. If you configure other Wi-Fi hotspots, your NOOK automatically connects tothem.For a secured hotspot, you must provide the credentials needed to connect—the networkname (SSID), security type, and security code.• Your NOOK can use most Wi-Fi hotspots that require acceptance of terms and conditions orthat require you to enter additional information for authentication (such as an account numberor a room number at a hotel) or payment information. When you attempt to connect to such ahotspot, you are prompted to launch the web browser to supply the required information. Afteryou complete that step, your NOOK connects to the hotspot.
