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title = "Settings"
description = "The device's names, region, screen, sound, GNSS and Wi-Fi, and where firmware updates are found."
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Move with the arrows. On a toggle, a choice or a slider, left and right change the value; <kbd>Enter</kbd> opens a text field or a list of choices, or a page marked `>`. Back leaves.

| Setting | What it is |
|---|---|
| **Long name**, **Short name** | The names you gave in the first-start Setup (up to 39 bytes, and up to 4 characters) |
| **Region** | The regulatory region; EU868 |
| **Timezone** | For the clock and the dates in file names |
| **Brightness** | A slider |
| **Dim after**, **Screen off after** | Screen timeouts. Dimming must come before the screen turns off |
| **Sound & LED** | The beep and the flash on a [Toast](/guide/basics/) |
| **GNSS** | Switches the receiver on and off (see [GNSS](/guide/gnss/)) |
| **Pause GNSS for LoRa** | Puts the receiver on standby while the radio listens (see [LoRa Scanner](/guide/lora-scanner/)) |
| **Coordinates** | Decimal degrees, or degrees, minutes and seconds |
| **Wi-Fi** | The page below |
| **Check for updates** | Once a day, see [Updates](/guide/updates/) |
| **Firmware** | The page described in [Updates](/guide/updates/) |
| **About** | The firmware version, the node number, battery, memory, uptime, clock and licence |

## Wi-Fi

**Wi-Fi** on its own page switches the radio on and off. The page also has:

- **Status:** whether it is searching, joining, or connected, and to what.
- **Add a network:** scans, lets you pick one, and asks for the password (leave it empty for an open network). **Add a hidden network** asks for the name first.
- **DNS and NTP:** see below.
- **Your saved networks.** The device joins one on its own whenever it is in range, the strongest first. <kbd>Enter</kbd> on a network opens its page.

### An address by hand

A network normally gives the device its address by itself (DHCP, **Automatic**). On a network without DHCP, open its page and set **IP address** to **Fixed**: then it takes an **address**, a **prefix** (24 is 255.255.255.0) and an optional **gateway**. Switching to Fixed starts from what the network is giving the device at that moment, and the setting is checked and applied when you leave the page. IPv4 only. **Forget this network** is on the same page.

### DNS and NTP

Two DNS servers (9.9.9.9 and 1.1.1.1 by default), used on Fixed networks, or on every network if **Always use my DNS** is on; and two NTP servers (pool.ntp.org and time.cloudflare.com), used after any that the network's DHCP offers. <kbd>Enter</kbd> on **Status** shows what is in use and where each value came from.