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Tethering with Xperia Link™‎, To Use Your Device as a Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot

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To share your mobile data connection with another Bluetooth® device 1 Make sure that your device and the Bluetooth® device are paired with each other and that mobile data traffic is activated on your device. 2 Your device: From your Homescreen, tap . 3 Find and tap Settings > More > Tethering & portable hotspot and then drag the slider beside Bluetooth tethering to the right. 4 Bluetooth® device: Set up the device so that it obtains its network connection using Bluetooth®. If the device is a computer, refer to the relevant instructions to complete the setup. If the device runs on the Android™ operating system, tap the settings icon beside the name of the device that it is paired with under Settings > Bluetooth > Paired devices, then mark the Internet access checkbox. 5 Your device: Wait for to appear in the status bar. Once it appears, the setup is complete. 6 To stop sharing your mobile data connection, drag the slider beside Bluetooth tethering to the left. The Bluetooth tethering function is turned off every time you turn off your device or turn off the Bluetooth® function. For more information about pairing and turning on mobile data traffic, see To pair your device with another Bluetooth® device on page 127 and To add a virtual private network on page 51. To Use Your Device as a Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot 1 From your Homescreen, tap . 2 Find and tap Settings > More > Tethering & portable hotspot. 3 Tap Portable hotspot settings > Configure Wi-Fi hotspot. 4 Enter the Network name (SSID) information. 5 To select a security type, tap the Security field. If required, enter a password. 6 Tap Save. 7 Tap , and drag the slider beside Portable hotspot to the right. 8 If prompted, tap OK to confirm. appears in the status bar once the portable Wi- Fi hotspot is active. 9 To stop sharing your data connection via Wi-Fi, drag the slider beside Portable hotspot to the left. To allow a WPS-supported device to use your mobile data connection 1 Make sure that your device is functioning as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot. 2 From your Homescreen, tap . 3 Find and tap Settings > More > Tethering & portable hotspot > Portable hotspot settings. 4 Make sure that the Discoverable checkbox is marked. 5 Under Configure Wi-Fi hotspot, make sure that your portable hotspot is secured by a password. 6 Tap WPS Push Button, then follow the relevant instructions. Alternatively, tap > WPS PIN Entry, then enter the PIN that appears on the WPS-supported device. To Rename or Secure Your Portable Hotspot 1 From the Home screen, tap . 2 Find and tap Settings > More > Tethering & portable hotspot. 3 Tap Portable hotspot settings > Configure Wi-Fi hotspot. 4 Enter the Network name (SSID) for the network. 5 To select a security type, tap the Security field. 6 If required, enter a password. 7 Tap Save. Tethering with Xperia Link™ If you have an Xperia™ mobile phone, you can share the phone's mobile data connection with your Xperia™ tablet. This way, your tablet can connect to the internet 48 This is an internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

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To share your mobile data connection with another Bluetooth® device
1
Make sure that your device and the Bluetooth® device are paired with each other
and that mobile data
traffic
is activated on your device.
2
Your device
: From your Homescreen, tap
.
3
Find and tap
Settings
>
More
>
Tethering & portable hotspot
and then drag the
slider beside
Bluetooth tethering
to the right.
4
Bluetooth® device
: Set up the device so that it obtains its network connection
using Bluetooth®. If the device is a computer, refer to the relevant instructions to
complete the setup. If the device runs on the Android™ operating system, tap the
settings icon beside the name of the device that it is paired with under
Settings
>
Bluetooth
>
Paired devices
, then mark the
Internet access
checkbox.
5
Your device
: Wait for
to appear in the status bar. Once it appears, the setup is
complete.
6
To stop sharing your mobile data connection, drag the slider beside
Bluetooth
tethering
to the left.
The
Bluetooth tethering
function is turned off every time you turn off your device or turn off the
Bluetooth® function.
For more information about pairing and turning on mobile data
traffic,
see
To pair your device
with another Bluetooth® device
on page 127 and
To add a virtual private network
on
page 51.
To Use Your Device as a Portable Wi-Fi Hotspot
1
From your Homescreen, tap
.
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
More
>
Tethering & portable hotspot
.
3
Tap
Portable hotspot settings
>
Configure Wi-Fi hotspot
.
4
Enter the
Network name (SSID)
information.
5
To select a security type, tap the
Security
field.
If required, enter a password.
6
Tap
Save
.
7
Tap
, and drag the slider beside
Portable hotspot
to the right.
8
If prompted, tap
OK
to
confirm.
appears in the status bar once the portable Wi-
Fi hotspot is active.
9
To stop sharing your data connection via Wi-Fi, drag the slider beside
Portable
hotspot
to the left.
To allow a WPS-supported device to use your mobile data connection
1
Make sure that your device is functioning as a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
2
From your Homescreen, tap
.
3
Find and tap
Settings
>
More
>
Tethering & portable hotspot
>
Portable hotspot
settings
.
4
Make sure that the
Discoverable
checkbox is marked.
5
Under
Configure Wi-Fi hotspot
, make sure that your portable hotspot is secured
by a password.
6
Tap
WPS Push Button
, then follow the relevant instructions. Alternatively, tap
>
WPS PIN Entry
, then enter the PIN that appears on the WPS-supported device.
To Rename or Secure Your Portable Hotspot
1
From the
Home screen
, tap
.
2
Find and tap
Settings
>
More
>
Tethering & portable hotspot
.
3
Tap
Portable hotspot settings
>
Configure Wi-Fi hotspot
.
4
Enter the
Network name (SSID)
for the network.
5
To select a security type, tap the
Security
field.
6
If required, enter a password.
7
Tap
Save
.
Tethering with Xperia Link™
If you have an Xperia™ mobile phone, you can share the phone’s mobile data
connection with your Xperia™ tablet. This way, your tablet can connect to the internet
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