The invention relates to a method for establishing an at least partially wireless data transfer connection between a remote application and a controlling application. The wireless connection is implemented by a wireless terminal connected to the remote application. The wireless terminal can select from a group of allowable connection parameter settings a usable connection parameter setting for the wireless link, if a default connection parameter setting for the wireless link is not usable. The invention relates also to a wireless terminal using the method and a computer program implementing the method in the wireless terminal.