At&t Nighthawk User Manual

Let’s Get Started

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What’s in the Box

•  Nighthawk 5G Mobile Hotspot
with pre-installed SIM card

•  Battery cover

Nighthawk® 5G Mobile Hotspot

•  Battery

•  USB Type-C cable

•  AC adapter

•  Quick start guide

Set Up Your Mobile Hotspot

1 Press and hold the Power button for 2

seconds.

To better safeguard your network, the first
time you turn on your mobile hotspot, you
are asked to set up your login credentials.

Get to Know Your Mobile Hotspot

2 Follow the onscreen instructions to

customize your mobile hotspot settings.

Touch screen

Touch to
navigate

USB C port

Home

Back

Power
button

Install the Battery

1 Insert the battery.

SIM card (preinstalled)

2 Install the back cover.

The battery is partially charged. To fully
charge it, connect the USB cable to the mobile
hotspot and then plug into either:

•  A wall socket, using the wall charger (faster
charge option)

• The USB port on your laptop

Note: The mobile hotspot comes with a preinstalled SIM card.
The SIM must be activated to a data plan with AT&T.

Connect to the Internet

On your laptop or other WiFi device

1 Open your WiFi network connection

manager.

2 Find your mobile hotspot’s WiFi network

name (ATT-WIFI-XXXX) and connect.
3 Enter your mobile hotspot’s WiFi password.
4 Launch your Internet browser.

Note: The screen goes dark to save power. Press and release
the Power button to wake the screen.

LCD Screen

When the Lock screen displays, swipe up to go
to the Home screen.

Network
indicator

Signal
strength

The network indicator lets you know which
AT&T wireless network you are connected to.

Battery

WiFi network
name and
password

Change the WiFi band

1 On the home screen, tap the WiFi icon.
2 Tap Band.
3 Select the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz WiFi band.

LCD Settings

View or change the settings

On the home screen, tap the Settings icon.

For More Information

Manage your account

On the web: att.com/my ATT

Compatible device and online account
required. Data and messaging rates may apply
for download and app usage.

Need more help?

On the web: att.com/DeviceHowTo
Or go to http://192.168 .2.1:8080/, click the . . . icon
in the upper right corner.

Give us a call

611 from any AT&T wireless phone, or

800.331.0500. When prompted, enter
your device’s 10-digit number. (To get the
number, go to http://192.168. 2.1:8080/ and click

Dashboard.)

LCD WiFi Manager

You can manage the WiFi network from the
LCD screen.

Change the WiFi network name and
password

1 On the home screen, tap the WiFi icon.

2 Tap Main WiFi.

3 Enter your changes.

WiFi Manager

You can use a browser to view and change the
mobile hotspot settings.

Log In

1 On your WiFi device, type

http://192.168.2.1:8080/ in the browser bar.

2 Log in as administrator.

The default login is attadmin.