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Set Up a Guest Network, Turn On the Guest Network Using the Web

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Around Town LTE Mobile Internet Set Up a Guest Network Guest networks allows visitors to connect to the hotspot's WiFi network and use the Internet without using your main WiFi network name and password.You can set up a guest network for visitors to access the network. Turn On the Guest Network Using the Web Page You can turn on the guest WiFi network form the hotspot web page or the hotspot's LCD screen.  To turn on the guest WiFi network using the hotspot web page: 1. Launch a web browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the hotspot network. 2. Enter http://netgear.aroundtown or http://192.168.1.1 in the address field of the web browser. The hotspot web page displays. 3. Enter the admin login password in the Sign In field. The default password is password. The password is case-sensitive. 4. Click the Sign In button. The Sign In section closes. 5. Select Wi-Fi > Connect. 6. In the Guest Wi-Fi section, click the Turn On button. The guest WiFi turns on and the hotspot displays the guest WiFi network name and password. Control Access to the Network 78

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Control Access to the Network
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Around Town LTE Mobile Internet
Set Up a Guest Network
Guest networks allows visitors to connect to the hotspot’s WiFi network and use the Internet
without using your main WiFi network name and password.You can set up a guest network
for visitors to access the network.
Turn On the Guest Network Using the Web Page
You can turn on the guest WiFi network form the hotspot web page or the hotspot’s LCD
screen.
To turn on the guest WiFi network using the hotspot web page:
1.
Launch a web browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the hotspot
network.
2.
Enter
http://netgear.aroundtown
or
in the address field of the web
browser.
The hotspot web page displays.
3.
Enter the admin login password in the
Sign In
field.
The default password is
password
. The password is case-sensitive.
4.
Click the
Sign In
button.
The Sign In section closes.
5.
Select
Wi-Fi > Connect
.
6.
In the Guest Wi-Fi section, click the
Turn On
button.
The guest WiFi turns on and the hotspot displays the guest WiFi network name and
password.