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C h a p t e r

3

Operation and Function

Preparation

Before using the T-Mobile 4G Mobile Hotspot, make sure:

1. SIM card is inserted.

2. T-Mobile service has been activated.

3. Battery is charged and installed in the 4G Mobile Hotspot.

4. 4G Mobile Hotspot is turned on.

5. The LCD Indication is working properly.

Establish a connection between your 4G Mobile Hotspot and the client

Via USB Cable

6. Connect your 4G Mobile Hotspot and the client through the USB cable.

7. Power on your 4G Mobile Hotspot.

8. Install software.

After the installation, the connection between your 4G Mobile Hotspot and the client will be established

successfully.

Via Wi-Fi

1. Power on your 4G Mobile Hotspot directly. It will take a few minutes to initialize.

2. Use your normal Wi-Fi application on the client to search the available wireless network.

Notes: You need to check your Wireless Network Connection. Set the client to obtain an IP

address automatically in the Internet protocol (TCP/IP) properties, and the client will get an IP

address like

‖

192.168.0.1

‖

.

3. Select the SSID of your 4G Mobile Hotspot (SSID is listed underneath the 4G Mobile Hotspot battery).

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Wi-Fi Network Connection Manager

Notes:

You will be prompted to enter a password. The password is located under the battery of your 4G Mobile

Hotspot.

Wait a moment, and the connection between your 4G Mobile Hotspot and the client will be established

successfully.

Access the Internet

1. Turn on the 4G Mobile Hotspot.

2. Establish a Wi-Fi connection between your 4G Mobile Hotspot and your laptop.

3. After successfully establishing the connection, access the Internet with the

Auto Connect

or

Manual

Connect

mode. The default mode is

Auto Connect

.

Notes:

You can browse the T-Mobile Hotspot Admin page and click Connection to set the connection mode.

Access the T-Mobile Hotspot Admin Page

1. Make sure the connection between your 4G Mobile Hotspot and the client is correct.

2. Launch your internet browser and enter

http://mobile.hotspot/

in the address bar.

Notes:

It is recommended that you use IE (7.0 or later), Firefox (3.0 or later), Opera (10.0 or later), Safari

(4.0 or later) or Chrome (5.0 or later).

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3.

The login page appears as follows.

Login

Enter your password (the default Password

is

admin,

all lower case).

Click

Login

to log into the web administration page of your 4G Mobile Hotspot.

For network security concern, upon the first login, it is recommended that you change the Wi-Fi Password.

After that, you will bypass the SSID/Password screen and will be directed to the Home screen.

Logging back into the Web UI Admin window presents the Home Screen. An example is shown below.

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Home

Home

When you successfully login, the

Home

tab appears in the upper left corner of the window, which

contains basic settings information of your 4G Mobile Hotspot, as shown below:

Change SSID and Password

Network Name (SSID)

is used to uniquely identify your

Wi-FI

Network. If you enable

SSID

Broadcast

, the gateway will broadcast the SSID, and other 4G Mobile Hotspots can detect and connect

to it.

The security mode setting cannot be changed at this screen. To make modifications to your Security

settings, please go to Settings/Wi-Fi Settings/Security.

Wi-Fi Password

is used to validate that you can access the SSID. The password is unique to the SSID

and is a secondary measure to allow access to the Hotspot.

Settings

•

It is recommended that you only change the settings which you are familiar with.