Rename Or Secure Your Portable Hotspot - Google ANDROID 2.3.4 User Manual

Connecting to networks and devices

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 Press Home
application.
Touch Wireless & networks > Tethering & portable hotspot.
2
Ensure Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is checked.
3
Touch Portable Wi-Fi hotspot settings.
4
Touch Configure Wi-Fi hotspot.
5
The Configure Wi-Fi hotspot dialog opens.
You can change the network SSID (name) that other computers see when
scanning for Wi-Fi networks.
You can also touch the Security menu to configure the network with Wi-Fi
Protected Access 2 (WPA2) security, with a preshared key (PSK).
If you touch the WPA2 PSK security option, a password field is added to the
Configure 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. Or touch Open in the Security menu to remove security from your Wi-Fi
network.
Touch Save.
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, and touch Settings to open the Settings
, press Menu
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