Netgear AC778AT User Manual - Page 14

Set Up Your Hotspot Without Internet Access

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Around Town LTE Mobile Internet 9. Wait for the Hands Free Activation screen to display and for the hotspot to activate. When the activation process is complete, the hotspot displays the WiFi network name (SSID) and password. SSID Password You can now connect your computers or WiFi devices to the hotspot's WiFi network. The hotspot comes with 1000 MB of free data access. For more information about how to manage your Around Town account or add a new data plan, see Chapter 3, Manage Your Around Town Account. You can view or change the hotspot's settings from the hotspot web page. For more information, see Log In to the Hotspot Web Page on page 25. Set Up Your Hotspot Without Internet Access To set up your hotspot if you are not connected to the Internet, you need a device that can send an SMS message to activate your hotspot. Because your hotspot comes with 1000 MB of free data, after you activate your hotspot, you can connect a computer or WiFi device to the hotspot to complete the setup process.  To activate and register your hotspot using SMS if you are not connected to the Internet: 1. Make sure that the hotspot is powered off. Get Started 14

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Get Started
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Around Town LTE Mobile Internet
9.
Wait for the Hands Free Activation screen to display and for the hotspot to activate.
When the activation process is complete, the hotspot displays the WiFi network name
(SSID) and password.
SSID
Password
You can now connect your computers or WiFi devices to the hotspot’s WiFi network.
The hotspot comes with 1000 MB of free data access. For more information about how to
manage your Around Town account or add a new data plan, see
Chapter 3, Manage Your
Around Town Account
.
You can view or change the hotspot’s settings from the hotspot web page. For more
information, see
Log In to the Hotspot Web Page
on page
25.
Set Up Your Hotspot Without Internet Access
To set up your hotspot if you are not connected to the Internet, you need a device that can
send an SMS message to activate your hotspot. Because your hotspot comes with 1000 MB
of free data, after you activate your hotspot, you can connect a computer or WiFi device to
the hotspot to complete the setup process.
To activate and register your hotspot using SMS if you are not connected to the
Internet:
1.
Make sure that the hotspot is powered off.