User's Guide

UseiPadwithiPhone,iPodtouch,Mac,andPC
ShareyourinternetconnectionfromiPad(Wi-Fi+
cellular)
Ifyouhaveanactivecellulardataplan,youcanusePersonalHotspottoshareacellularinternet
connectionfromyouriPad(Wi-Fi+Cellularmodels)tootherdevices.PersonalHotspotisusefulwhen
theotherdevicesdonʼthaveinternetaccessfromaWi-Finetwork.InstantHotspotallowsyouto
connectyourdevicestoPersonalHotspotwithoutenteringapassword.
IfanearbyiPhoneoriPad(Wi-Fi+Cellularmodels)issharingitsPersonalHotspot,youcanuseits
cellularinternetconnectiononyouriPad.SeeJoinaPersonalHotspot.
Note:PersonalHotspotisnotavailablewithallcarriers.Additionalfeesmayapply.Thenumberof
devicesthatcanjoinyourPersonalHotspotatonetimedependsonyourcarrierandiPadmodel.
Contactyourcarrierformoreinformation.
SetupPersonalHotspotoniPad
GotoSettings >Cellular>PersonalHotspot,thenturnonAllowOtherstoJoin.
Note:IfyoudonʼtseetheoptionforPersonalHotspot,butyouhaveanactivecellulardataplanand
CellularDataisturnedoninSettings>Cellular,contactyourcarrieraboutaddingPersonalHotspotto
yourplan.
Youcanchangethefollowingsettings:
ChangetheWi-FipasswordforyourPersonalHotspot:GotoSettings>Cellular>Personal
Hotspot>Wi-FiPassword.
ChangethenameofyourPersonalHotspot:GotoSettings>General>About>Name.
TurnoffPersonalHotspotanddisconnectdevices:GotoSettings>Cellular>PersonalHotspot,
thenturnoffAllowOtherstoJoin.
ConnectaMacorPCtoyourPersonalHotspot
YoucanuseaUSBcable,Wi-Fi,orBluetoothtoconnectaMacorPCtoyourPersonalHotspot.Do
oneofthefollowing:
UseUSB:ConnectiPadandyourcomputerwithacable.IfyouseeanalertthatsaysTrustthis
Computer?,tapTrust.InyourcomputerʼsNetworkpreferences,chooseiPad,thenconfigurethe
networksettings.
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