Sierra Wireless Overdrive Pro User Manual page 32

3g/4g mobile hotspot
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● WEP 128 Bit - Open
Bit - Open
). This option works with older and newer Wi-Fi devices, and is recommended only if any
of your devices don't support WPA or WPA2.
Open WEP uses the key for encryption, but not for authentication.
● WPA Personal - TKIP
● WPA Personal - TKIP/AES
devices.
● WPA2 Personal - AES
devices.
● WPA2 Personal - TKIP/AES
Wi-Fi devices.
● WPA/WPA2 Personal
connect to the Overdrive Pro 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot. This setting is supported by most Wi-Fi
devices.
Your Device is Now Restarting
The "Your device is now restarting" window opens if you've clicked
clicked
Submit
.
The changes take effect after the device restarts automatically.
You should write down the following information that's displayed in the window:
Wi-Fi network name
Wi-Fi password
To complete the process:
1.
Wait until the device LCD displays "Connect your computer to Wi-Fi Network."
2.
Connect your computer to the Wi-Fi network, using the information you've written down. (If you
don't know how to do this, see "How Do I Connect to Wi-Fi?" on page 120.)
3.
After the Wi-Fi connection was successfully established, click the
Activating and Using Your Network Service
Note:
If you're able to connect to 3G, you are already set up to use Sprint service on the 3G network; no
further action is needed. Proceed to "Using Your Device" on page 27.
Before using your device, you must have a Sprint wireless network account set up. The process of
setting up an account is called
has been configured with an account ("preactivated"). If it has not, the activation process starts
automatically.
In most cases, the activation process will be seamless, not requiring any action from your part; in
some cases, you won't even see any activation-related messages displayed on the device LCD.
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Getting Your Device Ready
— This option provides security, but it's relatively weak (but stronger than
— This is a strong security standard that is supported by most Wi-Fi devices.
— This is a strong security standard that is supported by most Wi-Fi
— This is a stronger, newer security standard that is limited to newer Wi-Fi
— This is a stronger, newer security standard that is limited to newer
(recommended setting) — Wi-Fi devices that use either WPA or WPA2 can
activation
. When the device starts up, it will detect whether the device
Set up my Overdrive Pro
text in the window.
Click here
WEP 64
and then

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