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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. After the connection
is made, you can browse the web on your laptop.
Use Palm mobile hotspot
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
•
Create a secure (see
Create a secure
open
hotspot) hotspot.
•
Make sure you are connected to the AT&T network.
1
Open
Palm mobile hotspot
2
Tap
Off
to switch Palm mobile hotspot from Off to On.
The
icon appears at the bottom of the screen when the mobile
hotspot is turned on.
If you are connected to a Wi-Fi network, your smartphone
automatically disconnects from that network.
3
Connect other devices to the hotspot (such as a laptop). Any devices
enabled with Wi-Fi that are in range of your smartphone can connect
to an open hotspot. To connect a device to a secure hotspot it must
also have the passphrase. If you already set up a device to connect to
your secure hotspot, that device remembers the passphrase and
connects automatically to Palm mobile hotspot.
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hotspot) or open (see
Create an
.
4
When you finish using your smartphone as a mobile hotspot, turn off
Palm mobile hotspot to save battery power.
You can extend your battery time by charging your battery (see
TIP
battery) while you are using Palm mobile hotspot.
Change your secure passphrase
1
Open
Palm mobile hotspot
2
Tap
Change
Passphrase.
3
Enter the new passphrase and tap Done.
View information about connected devices
1
Open
Palm mobile hotspot
2
In
Connected
Devices, tap a device.
The following information is displayed:
Name:
The name of the connected device
Type:
The type of connection between the device and your
smartphone
Mac Address:
A unique address associated with the device
Assigned IP:
The IP address of the connected device
Charge the
.
.
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