6.5Sharing your phone's mobile data connection
You can share your phone's mobile data connection with a single computer via a USB cable (USB tethering) or with up to eight devices at once by turning your phone into a portable
The functions below may incur additional network charges from your network operator. Extra fees may also be charged in roaming areas.
To share your phone's data connection via USB
Use the USB cable that along with your phone to connect the phone to a USB port on your computer.
•Press Menu key from Home screen.
•Touch Settings\Wireless & networks\Tethering & portable hotspot.
•Mark\unmark the check box of USB tethering to activate/deactivate this function.
To share your phone's data connection as a portable
•Press Menu key from Home screen.
•Touch Settings\Wireless & networks\Tethering & portable hotspot.
•Mark\unmark the check box of Portable
To rename or secure your portable hotspot
When Portable
•Press Menu key from Home screen.
•Touch Settings\Wireless & networks\Tethering & portable hotspot\Portable
•Touch Configure
•Touch Save.
6.6Connecting to virtual private networks
Virtual private networks (VPNs) allow you to connect to the resources inside a secured local network, from outside that network. VPNs are commonly deployed by corporations, schools, and other institutions so that their users can access local network resources when not on campus, or when connected to a wireless network.
To add a VPN
•Press Menu key from Home screen.
•Touch Settings\Wireless & networks\VPN settings\Add VPN.
•Touch the type of VPN to add.
•In the screen that opens, follow the instructions from your network administrator to configure each component of the VPN settings.
•Press Menu key and touch Save.
The VPN is added to the list on the VPN settings screen.
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