To Share Your Phone's Data Connection As A Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot; To Rename Or Secure Your Portable Hotspot - LG E720b User Manual

5 Uncheck USB tethering to stop
sharing your data connection. Or
just disconnect the USB cable.
To share your phone's
data connection as a
portable Wi-Fi hotspot
1 On the home screen, touch
Applications tab
select Settings.
2 Touch Wireless & networks
and select Tethering &
portable hotspot.
3 Check Portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
After a moment, the phone
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starts broadcasting its Wi-Fi
network name (SSID), so you
can connect to it with up
to five computers or other
devices. An ongoing notification
is added to the status bar
and notifications drawer.
When Portable Wi-Fi hotspot
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is checked, you can change its
network name or secure it.
4 Uncheck Portable Wi-Fi
hotspot to stop sharing your
data connection via Wi-Fi.
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
and
2 Touch Wireless & networks
3 Ensure Portable Wi-Fi hotspot
4 Touch Portable Wi-Fi hotspot
5 Touch Configure Wi-Fi hotspot.
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Applications tab
select Settings.
and select Tethering &
portable hotspot.
is checked.
settings.
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).
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