Samsung Galaxy Note 3 User Manual page 183

Configuring Mobile Hotspot
From the Settings screen, touch More settings
Mobile Hotspot
• Network SSID: View and change the name of your
mobile hotspot.
• Hide my device: When enabled, your mobile hotspot
is not visible to other Wi-Fi devices during a scan. Other
devices can still connect to your mobile hotspot, but will
have to set up the connection manually with your
Network SSID and Password.
• Security: Choose the security level for your Mobile
Hotspot.
• Password: If you choose a security level that uses a
password, enter the password. By default, the
password is your mobile telephone number.
• Show password: Enable to make the Password field
visible.
• Show advanced options: Enable to access advanced
options, including Broadcast channel, to specify the
channel your device uses for Mobile Hotspot.
Configure for these options:
Allowed Devices
Control whether devices connect to your Mobile Hotspot with
the Allowed devices list. After you add devices to the list,
they can scan for your device and connect using your
device's mobile hotspot name and password.
Note: Using your device as a mobile hotspot consumes
battery power and uses data service. While Mobile
Hotspot is active, your device's applications will use the
Mobile Hotspot data service. Roaming while using your
device as a mobile hotspot will incur extra data
charges.
1. From the Settings screen, touch More settings
Mobile Hotspot
2. Touch , and then enter the other device's Device
name and MAC address.
3. Touch to add the device to the Allowed devices
list.
Tip: For information about connecting to your Mobile Hotspot,
see "Connecting a Device to Mobile Hotspot" on
page 159.
Allowed devices.
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