User's Guide

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2. Touch
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot
and place a check mark in the adjacent field to activate
the service.
 Using both data service and hotspot drains your phone’s battery at a much faster
rate than when using any other feature combination.
Note:
The best way to keep using the phone as a hotspot is to have it connected to a power
supply.
Important:
Write down the passkey (password) for this WEP/WPA/WPA2 PSK
communication (shown onscreen).
Connect to Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot
1. Enable Wi-Fi (wireless) functionality on your target device (laptop, media device, etc.).
2. Scan for Wi-Fi networks from the device and select your phone hotspot from the
network list.
 Your phone name can be changed by touching
Home
> >
Portable Wi-Fi
hotspot
>
Network SSID
.
3. Select this device and follow your onscreen instructions to enter the passkey (provided
on the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot page).
4. Launch your Web browser to confirm you have an Internet connection.
Configure Sprint Mobile Hotspot
1. Touch
Home
> >
Portable Wi-Fi hotspot
.
2. Set the following options:

Network SSID:
Sets your network name.

Security:
Sets the security level.

Password:
Sets a password if necessary.

Maximum Wi-Fi clients:
Sets the maximum Wi-Fi clients that can connect to your
phone.

Auto off:
Sets the length of time to elapse when your hotspot feature is disabled if
there is no device connected.

Channel:
Selects the channel you want to use.
 Touch
Menu
>
Advanced:
Sets the advanced settings, such as local router or
DHCP server settings.