To Rename Or Secure Your Portable Hotspot - LG LGP710.ADEUBK User Manual

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To rename or secure your portable hotspot

You can change the name of your phone's Wi-Fi network name (SSID) and secure its
Wi-Fi network.
1 On the Home screen, touch
2 Touch Tethering & networks from the TETHERING tab and select Wi-Fi hotspot.
3 Ensure that Wi-Fi hotspot is on.
4 Touch Set up Wi-Fi hotspot.
The Set up Wi-Fi hotspot dialog box will open.
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You can change the network SSID (name) that other computers see when scanning
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for Wi-Fi networks.
You can also touch the Security menu to configure the network with Wi-Fi Protected
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Access 2 (WPA2) security using a pre-shared key (PSK).
If you touch the WPA2 PSK security option, a password field is added to the Set up
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Wi-Fi hotspot dialog. If you enter a password, you will need to enter that password
when you connect to the phone's hotspot with a computer or other device. You can
set Open in the Security menu to remove security from your Wi-Fi network.
5 Touch Save.
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