How To Use WiFi Hotspot – LG G Pro 2
Learn how to use WiFi Hotspot on your LG G Pro 2. USB tethering and portable Wi-Fi hotspot are great features when there are no wireless connections available. You can share your phone’s mobile data connection with a single computer via a USB cable (USB tethering).
- You can also share your phone’s data connection with more than one device at a time by turning your phone into a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
- When your phone is sharing its data connection, an icon appears in the status bar and as an ongoing notification in the notifications drawer.
- For the latest information about tethering and portable hotspots, including supported operating systems.
To change Portable Wi-Fi hotspot settings
- Touch Apps icon > Apps tab > Settings > Tethering & Networks from the WIRELESS & NETWORKS > Portable Wi-Fi hotspot > choose options that you want to adjust.
Note: If your computer is running Windows 7 or a recent distribution of some flavours of Linux (such as Ubuntu), you will not usually need to prepare your computer for tethering. But, if you are running an earlier version of Windows or another operating system, you may need to prepare your computer to establish a network connection via USB. For the most current information about which operating systems support USB tethering.
To 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.
- On the Home screen, touch Apps icon > Apps tab > Settings.
- Touch Tethering & Networks from the WIRELESS & NETWORKS and select Portable Wi-Fi hotspot.
- Ensure that Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is checked.
- Touch Set up Wi-Fi hotspot.
- The Set up Wi-Fi hotspot dialogue box will open.
- You can change the Network SSID (name) that other devices 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 using a pre-shared key (PSK).
- If you touch the WPA2 PSK security option, a password field is added to the Set up Wi-Fi hotspot dialogue box. 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. You can set Open in the Security menu to remove security from your Wi-Fi network.
- Touch Save.
Note
- If you set the security option as Open, you cannot prevent unauthorised usage of online services by other people and additional charges may be incurred.
- To avoid unauthorized usage, you are advised to keep the security option active.