Huawei R210 Owner's Manual

User Guide Vodafone Mobile Wi-Fi R210

Welcome

to the world of mobile communications

1 Welcome 2 Device overview 3 Getting started: Step 1 4 Getting started: Step 2 5 Mobile Wi-Fi web UI

application screen 6 Current network panel 7 Mobile Wi-Fi view 8 SMS view 9 Account view 10 Device status screen icons 11 Hints and tips 16 Glossary

Welcome

System requirements

To use the Voda fone Mobil e Wi-Fi R210 you nee d a device with W i-Fi cap ability.

The Vodafone Mobile Wi- Fi R210 creates a personal portable Wi-Fi zone which allows several Wi-Fi enabled devices (for example PCs, Apple® iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, or mobile gaming devices such as Nintendo® DSi, Android devices including the Samsung® Galaxy Tab) to share a secure mobile internet connection.

The dev ice is batter y, mains or USB powered, and this ﬂ exibility allows the device to be positioned for best mobile coverage and then share this coverage between several devices via Wi-Fi.

Advanced conﬁ guration using Wi-Fi

To perform advanced conﬁ guration of the device browse to the web UI http://VodafoneMobile.wiﬁ or http://192.168.0.1 from a computer running Microsoft Windows Vista™ (SP2 recommended), or Windows recommended), a computer running Linux or an Apple Mac running Mac OS

X 10.5 (Intel®), 10.6 or 10.7 (all with latest

Windows® 7 (SP1 recommended),

XP (SP3

updates).

Advanced conﬁ guration for iPhone / iPad / iPod Touch / smartphone / tablet users

Apple device users should use the Safari browser to browse to the web UI http://VodafoneMobile.wiﬁ or http://192.168.0.1 , or download the Vodafone Mobile Wi-Fi Monitor app. Smar tphone and tablet user s can check the device status by downloading the Vodafone Mobile Wi-Fi Monitor app from the App Store in iTunes or the Android Market / G oogle Play. See Page 15 for sample app screenshots.

Device overview

Tip:

To save powe r the display is dimmed afte r 10 seconds and swit ched off af ter a fur ther 5 secon ds.

The sc reen can be disp layed by brie fly touch ing the powe r on/off button.

The s creen w ill als o be displayed whenever the status of the device changes.

Note:

When t he Wi-Fi i s set on it stays on and wil l go into s tand- by mode when not being used . In standby m ode the bat tery sh ould last a m inimum of 18 hou rs. To save power in bat tery mode s witch the device off.

Micro SD card slot

SIM car d

slot

Reset

button

Power

on/off

Micro US B

slot

WPS

button

Status

display

Status Display

Bearer

Network

signal

Indicative cumulative

upload & download

data volume

Wi-F i status and num ber

of users

Connect duration

Unread

messages

Roaming indicator

Battery

Network

operator or

additional

information

End User Licence Agreement (EULA)

Please ensure that you have read and accepted the sof tware EULA for your country before using the Vodafone Mobile Wi-Fi application or device. The EULA is available here:

www.support.vodafone.com/VodafoneMobileWiFi/R210

Getting started: Step 1 of 2

To prepare the Vodafone Mobile Wi-F i R210, you need to 1. inser t your SIM (and MicroSD card if you are using one for ﬁ le storage) before use.

Note: On ce setup is comp lete, when conne cted to the R210 via Wi -Fi (and yo u have inst alled the so ftware onto your PC) you can acc ess the R210 configuration screen by clicking on the Mobile Wi- Fi desktop i con

Alter natively, yo u can enter t he followin g addre sses into you r browser:

http://VodafoneMobile. wifi or http://192.168.0.1

You may want t o save these a ddresses a s favourites in your brows er so you can acces s the Mobile W i-Fi web UI application screen easily.

SIM card

Micro S D

card

The dev ice is now ready to use - plug it into the mains or your 2. PC. The battery will be charged in the background. Make sure the device is fully charged (approximately 3 hours) before using it in battery mode.

Switch on the dev ice by pressing and holding the power 3. button for 3 seconds. The device will go through its star t-up sequence, and will automatically connect to the network unless a PIN code is required. Check the display for connection status.

Use the normal W i-Fi application on your computer or device 4. to connect. Select the Mobile Wi-Fi net work (SSID) from the list of available Wi-Fi networ ks, click Connect and enter the WPA2 password (secure Wi-Fi net work key). The SSID and Wi-Fi key are printed on the back of the R210 device, and are also on the Reminder Card.

Getting started: Step 2 of 2

Tip:

A doubl e tap of the power k ey will show the cur rent Wi- Fi network name and Wi- Fi netwo rk key on the de vice displ ay.

The Voda fone Mobil e Wi-Fi R210 will automatically conne ct to the Mobi le Broa dband net work whe n it is pow ered on .

If required, this defau lt automati c network connection can be ch anged to a manual connection via th e web UI of the device.

Congratulations – you now have internet access via Vodafone Mobile Wi-Fi.

When you are connected to the Vodafone Mobile Wi- Fi 5. R210 via Wi-Fi, you can access the Vodafone Mobile Wi-Fi conﬁ guration screen by clicking on the Mobile Wi -Fi desktop

(if you have installed via USB), or by typing either

icon

http://VodafoneMobile.wiﬁ or http://192.168.0.1 into your web

browser. You can change settings and check the device and network status from this browser page.

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