Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot - Kyocera Hydro EDGE User Manual

Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot

Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot allows you to turn your phone into a Wi-Fi hotspot.
Set Up Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot
1. Touch Home
2. Touch Portable Wi-Fi hotspot and place a check mark in the adjacent field to activate
the service.
 Using 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 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.
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The name for your phone hotspot 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 Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot
1. Touch Home
hotspot > Portable Wi-Fi hotspot settings.
2. Set the following options:
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Network SSID: Sets your network name.
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SSID broadcast: Selects the check box to broadcast the SSID.
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Security: Sets the security level.
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Password: Sets a password if necessary.
Web and Data
> > Settings > More... > Tethering & portable hotspot.
> Menu > System settings > More... > Tethering & portable
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