5Do one of the following:

•If this is your first time opening Palm mobile hotspot, enter a passphrase and tap Done.

•If you have an open hotspot set up already, tap Open and tap WPA/ WPA2 Personal. Enter a passphrase and tap Done.

6A message may be displayed if your data plan does not include Palm mobile hotspot. Tap Dismiss to continue.

NOTE If your data plan does not include Palm mobile hotspot, you cannot access the Internet from devices that use your webOS smartphone as a Wi-Fi hotspot. Contact your wireless service provider to have your data plan enabled for Palm mobile hotspot.

7(Optional) To customize the name of your hotspot, tap the name in Network Info, enter a new name, and tap Done.

8After you create the hotspot, go to the device you want to connect to the Internet (for example, your laptop) and use its Wi-Fi connection settings to connect to your Palm mobile hotspot. When prompted, enter the passphrase you created when setting up the secure hotspot on your smartphone. After the connection is made, you can browse the web on your laptop.

Create an open hotspot

1Open Palm mobile hotspot .

2The first time you open Palm mobile hotspot, tap OK to continue.

3Tap Off to switch Palm mobile hotspot from Off to On.

4If you are connected to a Wi-Fi network, tap Continue to disconnect.

NOTE The smartphone must remain connected to your wireless service provider's network, so don't use airplane mode to turn off Wi-Fi.

5Do one of the following:

•If this is your first time opening Palm mobile hotspot, tap Create Open Network.

•If you have a secure hotspot set up already, tap WPA/WPA2 Personal, and tap Open.

6A message may be displayed if your data plan does not include Palm mobile hotspot. Tap Dismiss to continue.

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