Huawei MediaPad M3 User Guide - Page 53

Accessing the Internet 1 Open Settings. 2 Touch More > Tethering & portable hotspot. 3 Touch Portable Wi-Fi hotspot and then turn on the Wi-Fi hotspot switch. After enabling your personal Wi-Fi hotspot, your tablet will display the icon in the status bar. 4 Touch Configure Wi-Fi hotspot to view or modify the hotspot name, security settings, and password, and then touch Save. l Change the hotspot name: The Network SSID is the hotspot's name. By default, this is the name of your tablet model. You can manually change the name to something that is easier to remember. l Change the hotspot security settings: Touch Encryption type to configure the hotspot security settings. Your tablet uses WPA2 PSK encryption by default. Other devices will require a password to connect to the hotspot. If you choose Security, devices will not require a password to connect to the hotspot. l Configure a password that is easy to remember: The hotspot password is generated randomly by your tablet. For security reasons, choose a password that is not easy to guess and change it regularly. l Configure the maximum number of connections: Touch This website already exists. and change the maximum number of connections. By default, your tablet will allow eight devices to connect to the hotspot concurrently. You will need to remember the hotspot name and password to connect to it using other devices. Limit the amount of data that other devices can use: Touch Data limit on the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot screen, and then follow the onscreen instructions to set the data limit. When connected devices exceed this limit, your tablet will automatically disable the Wi-Fi hotspot. Using USB tethering to share mobile Internet with a computer Use a USB cable to share your tablet's mobile Internet with a computer. This is useful if your computer's Internet connection stops working. 49