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5 Do one of the following:
• If this is your first time opening Palm mobile hotspot, enter a
passphrase and tap Done.
• If you have an open hotspot set up already, tap
WPA2 Personal. Enter a passphrase and tap Done.
6 A message may be displayed if your data plan does not include Palm
mobile hotspot. Tap Dismiss
NOTE If your data plan does not include Palm mobile hotspot, you cannot access
the Internet from devices that use your webOS smartphone as a Wi-Fi hotspot.
Contact your wireless service provider to have your data plan enabled for Palm
mobile hotspot.
7 (Optional) To customize the name of your hotspot, tap the name in
Network Info, enter a new name, and tap Done.
8 After you create the hotspot, go to the device you want to connect to
the Internet (for example, your laptop) and use its Wi-Fi connection
settings to connect to your Palm mobile hotspot. When prompted,
enter the passphrase you created when setting up the secure hotspot
on your smartphone. After the connection is made, you can browse
the web on your laptop.
Open and tap WPA/
to continue.
Create an open hotspot
1 Open Palm mobile hotspot
2 The first time you open Palm mobile hotspot, tap
3 Tap Off to switch Palm mobile hotspot from Off to On.
4 If you are connected to a Wi-Fi network, tap
NOTE The smartphone must remain connected to your wireless service
provider's network, so don't use airplane mode to turn off Wi-Fi.
5 Do one of the following:
• If this is your first time opening Palm mobile hotspot, tap
Open Network.
• If you have a secure hotspot set up already, tap
Personal, and tap Open.
6 A message may be displayed if your data plan does not include Palm
mobile hotspot. Tap Dismiss
.
OK to continue.
Continue to disconnect.
Create
WPA/WPA2
to continue.
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