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Set up and use your mobile phone as a Wi-Fi hotspot
When you use your mobile phone as a Wi-Fi hotspot, you can share your mobile phone's Internet connection with other devices via WLAN. Remember, you need to set up your mobile phone for Internet.
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Do the following on the device which will connect to your Wi-Fi hotspot:
Activate WLAN.
Find the list of available WLANs.
Select the network name you keyed in in step 2.
Key in the password you selected in step 2 and establish a connection to the Wi-Fi hotspot.
When the connection is established, you can access the Internet from the other device.
1. Find "Portable Wi-Fi hotspot"
Press Settings.
Press More.
Press Tethering & portable hotspot.
Press Portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
2. Select settings for Wi-Fi hotspot
Press Configure Wi-Fi hotspot.
Key in the required name for the Wi-Fi hotspot.
Key in the required name for the Wi-Fi hotspot.
Press Encryption type.
If you don't want to password protect your Wi-Fi hotspot:
Press None.
Press None.
If you want to password protect your Wi-Fi hotspot:
Press WPA2 PSK.
Press WPA2 PSK.
Press the field below "Password" and key in the required password.
Press Save.
3. Activate Wi-Fi hotspot
Press the indicator below "Portable Wi-Fi hotspot" until the function is activated.
4. Establish a connection
Do the following on the device which will connect to your Wi-Fi hotspot:
Activate WLAN.
Find the list of available WLANs.
Select the network name you keyed in in step 2.
Key in the password you selected in step 2 and establish a connection to the Wi-Fi hotspot.
When the connection is established, you can access the Internet from the other device.
Activate WLAN.
Find the list of available WLANs.
Select the network name you keyed in in step 2.
Key in the password you selected in step 2 and establish a connection to the Wi-Fi hotspot.
When the connection is established, you can access the Internet from the other device.
5. Return to the Home screen
Press the home icon to end the session and return to the Home screen.