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Using your phone as a mobile hotspot, Settings, Internet Sharing, Sharing On/Off, setup, Broadcast

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62 Internet connections Using your phone as a mobile hotspot Want to share your Internet connection with your laptop or another device? You can turn your phone into a mobile hotspot by sharing your cellular data connection over Wi-Fi. Other Wi-Fi enabled devices can then use your shared data connection to connect to the Internet. § To share your cellular data connection, this feature must be enabled on your current phone plan. This is also known as tethering and often costs extra. § When you and other people use the shared connection on another device, it uses data from your cellular data plan. Please be aware of any data limits you have on your plan, so you don't get charged extra. 1. On the Start screen, tap . 2. Tap Settings > Internet Sharing. 3. Tap the Sharing On/Off switch to turn Internet Sharing on. 4. Tap setup, and then change these settings: Broadcast name Security type Password Enter a name for your mobile hotspot. This is the name that other people will see and use to connect to your shared connection over Wi-Fi. Select password required (WPA2) to set up your mobile hotspot as a secured network. Or select none (open) to grant access to anyone. If you chose password required (WPA2), enter a password that's required to connect to and use your shared connection. 5. Tap to save your settings. When you tap the top of the screen to see the status bar, you'll see the Internet Sharing icon while you're sharing your cellular data connection.

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Using your phone as a mobile hotspot
Want to share your Internet connection with your laptop or another device? You can
turn your phone into a mobile hotspot by sharing your cellular data connection over
Wi-Fi. Other Wi-Fi enabled devices can then use your shared data connection to
connect to the Internet.
§
To share your cellular data connection, this feature must be enabled on your
current phone plan. This is also known as tethering and often costs extra.
§
When you and other people use the shared connection on another device, it uses
data from your cellular data plan. Please be aware of any data limits you have on
your plan, so you don't get charged extra.
1.
On the Start screen, tap
.
2.
Tap
Settings
>
Internet Sharing
.
3.
Tap the
Sharing On/Off
switch to turn Internet Sharing on.
4.
Tap
setup
, and then change these settings:
Broadcast
name
Enter a name for your mobile hotspot. This is the name that
other people will see and use to connect to your shared
connection over Wi-Fi.
Security type
Select
password required (WPA2)
to set up your mobile
hotspot as a secured network. Or select
none (open)
to grant
access to anyone.
Password
If you chose
password required (WPA2)
, enter a password
that's required to connect to and use your shared connection.
5.
Tap
to save your settings.
When you tap the top of the screen to see the status bar, you'll see the Internet
Sharing icon
while you're sharing your cellular data connection.
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