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Extend Battery Life, Adjust WiFi Settings to Optimize Battery Life

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Nighthawk M5 5G WiFi 6 Mobile Router Extend Battery Life The mobile router, by default, is configured to optimize battery life. The following factors affect battery life: • Screen brightness. • Standby time. • Data throughput. • Mobile broadband signal strength (the better the signal, the longer the battery life). • WiFi range. To extend the battery life, use any of the following methods: • Adjust WiFi settings. • Adjust display settings. • Use tethered USB. Adjust WiFi Settings to Optimize Battery Life Set the standby timer to a shorter period to minimize the wait time when no devices are connected to either WiFi network before going into standby mode (the WiFi radios turn off). Note: When you change the WiFi settings, any devices connected to the mobile router are disconnected and might need to be reconnected. You can set the following WiFi options to optimize battery life: • Adjust the display settings. See Set the Display to Increase Battery Life From the Mobile Router Web Page on page 43. • Set the WiFi standby to 5 minutes. Set the Display to Increase Battery Life From the Mobile Router Dim the screen to reduce the LCD screen's brightness level. Set the screen time-out to a shorter period to reduce the amount of time the mobile router waits without the LCD screen being touched before the screen turns blank. Maintain Your Mobile Router 42 User Manual

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Extend Battery Life
The mobile router, by default, is configured to optimize battery life. The following factors
affect battery life:
•
Screen brightness.
•
Standby time.
•
Data throughput.
•
Mobile broadband signal strength (the better the signal, the longer the battery life).
•
WiFi range.
To extend the battery life, use any of the following methods:
•
Adjust WiFi settings.
•
Adjust display settings.
•
Use tethered USB.
Adjust WiFi Settings to Optimize Battery Life
Set the standby timer to a shorter period to minimize the wait time when no devices are
connected to either WiFi network before going into standby mode (the WiFi radios turn
off).
Note:
When you change the WiFi settings, any devices connected to the mobile router
are disconnected and might need to be reconnected.
You can set the following WiFi options to optimize battery life:
•
Adjust the display settings. See Set
the
Display
to
Increase
Battery
Life
From
the
Mobile
Router
Web
Page
on page 43.
•
Set the WiFi standby to 5 minutes.
Set the Display to Increase Battery Life From the Mobile
Router
Dim the screen to reduce the LCD screen’s brightness level. Set the screen time-out to
a shorter period to reduce the amount of time the mobile router waits without the LCD
screen being touched before the screen turns blank.
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Maintain Your Mobile Router
Nighthawk M5 5G WiFi 6 Mobile Router