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Please use this guide if you have borrowed a 4G Mi-Fi dongle from Bideford College.
Please use this guide if you have borrowed a 4G Mi-Fi dongle from Bideford College.
Q: How do you turn the dongle on?
A: Press the power button, if nothing happens, try holding the button down for a few seconds. If it still won't turn on, it likely needs to be charged, see question below.
Q: How do you charge the dongle?
A: Plug the dongle into your computer or laptop with the cable that is provided in the box. It may take a couple of hours to charge, but it can be used whilst it is charging.
Q: How do you connect to the dongle?
A: Once the dongle is turned on, it will broadcast a wireless network that you can join on your laptop, see question below for the password.
Q: What is the password to connect to the dongle?
A: The WiFi SSID and password will be labelled on the MiFi dongle, the wireless network (SSID) will be called something like 'HUAWEI-XXXX'.
Q: Is there a data limit on the dongle?
A: Yes, there is a 20GB limit on the dongle, this resets each month.
Q: What happens if the dongle does run out of data?
A: 20GB is more than enough to complete any required learning tasks, the dongle will stop working until the monthly data cap resets.
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