Rename or secure your portable hotspot – Samsung Android 2.3 User Manual

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Connecting to networks and devices

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Android User’s Guide

Rename or secure your portable hotspot

You can change the name of your phone’s Wi-Fi network name (SSID) and secure its
Wi-Fi network.

1

Press Home

, press Menu

, and touch

Settings to open the Settings

application.

2

Touch

Wireless & networks > Tethering & portable hotspot.

3

Ensure

Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is checked.

4

Touch

Portable Wi-Fi hotspot settings.

5

Touch

Configure Wi-Fi hotspot.

The Configure Wi-Fi hotspot dialog opens.

You can change the network SSID (name) that other computers see when
scanning for Wi-Fi networks.

You can also touch the Security menu to configure the network with Wi-Fi
Protected Access 2 (WPA2) security, with a preshared key (PSK).

If you touch the

WPA2 PSK security option, a password field is added to the

Configure Wi-Fi hotspot dialog. If you enter a password, you will need to enter that
password when you connect to the phone’s hotspot with a computer or other
device. Or touch

Open in the Security menu to remove security from your Wi-Fi

network.

6

Touch

Save.

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