User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1. Get Started
- 2. Use Your Mobile Hotspot
- 3. Manage Security
- 4. Maintain Your Mobile Hotspot
- 5. Frequently Asked Questions
- Questions About Connecting and Disconnecting Devices and Accessing the Internet
- What do I do if I can’t connect a device to the mobile hotspot?
- What do I do if I can’t access the Internet?
- How do I disconnect from the mobile broadband network?
- How do I find out how many devices are connected to my mobile hotspot’s Wi-Fi networks?
- What do I do if the No Signal icon displays?
- Why can’t my device access the mobile hotspot web page when connected to a VPN?
- Why can’t my mobile hotspot connect to a computer running Windows Vista?
- What do I do if my mobile hotspot doesn’t connect to my service provider’s network?
- Questions About the Mobile Hotspot Web Page
- General Questions
- Why isn’t my battery charging?
- Why is the Signal Strength indicator always low?
- Why is the download or upload speed slow?
- The LCD screen is not lit. How do I know if the mobile hotspot is still powered on?
- How do I find my computer’s IP address?
- How do I find a device’s MAC address?
- What do I do if the Wi-Fi network name doesn’t appear in the list of networks?
- Questions About Connecting and Disconnecting Devices and Accessing the Internet
- 6. Troubleshooting
- A. Specifications
and quickly release the Power button. The default Wi-Fi password is also printed on
a label under the battery.
For information about changing Wi-Fi passwords, see Change Wi-Fi Encryption
Settings on page 34.
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Guest Wi-Fi password. When the guest Wi-Fi network is enabled, guests can use
this password to access the network.
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Admin login password. Use this to log in to the mobile hotspot web page as an
administrator. You must log in as an administrator to use certain features and to
make changes to your mobile hotspot settings. The default Admin Login is different
for each AC797 device. See the label under the battery. The admin login password
can be 5–31 characters.
NETGEAR Mobile App for Smartphones and
Tablets
Download and use the complimentary NETGEAR Mobile app to view your connection,
settings, and data usage from your smartphone or tablet. Search the app store for
NETGEAR Mobile.
To manage all mobile hotspot settings, visit the mobile hotspot web page at
http://mywebui.net/ or http://192.168.1.1.
Connect to the Mobile Hotspot With
Tethering
You can connect a computer to the mobile hotspot using the micro USB cable instead
of connecting with Wi-Fi. This kind of cable connection is called tethering.
Note: The first time you use the micro USB cable to connect to the mobile hotspot your
computer’s operating system detects the new device.
User Manual15Get Started
AirCard 797 Mobile Hotspot