Huawei E5830 User manual
E5830WirelessModemPCSetupGuide
AguidetosettingupyournewE5830WirelessModemonawindowsPC.
Contents
Overview .................................................................................................................................................3
SetupInstructions ...................................................................................................................................4
StartinguptheE5830WirelessModemwithoutaPC .........................................................................12
ConnectingtotheE5830WirelessModemviaWiFi(PC) ..................................................................... 13
Overview
Pleasefollowthestepsbelowtosetyour3E5830WirelessModemdeviceuponyourPC.Though
thedevicecomeswithadefaultSSID(thewifi‘name’ofthedevicethatcomesupwhenyouscanfor
availablenetworks)andadefaultsecuritykey,itisrecommendedthatyoupersonalisethis,tomake
yourdevice’snetworkmoresecure.
TheinstructionsgivenhereareforWindowsVista,butapplytoWindowsXPaswell(Some
terminologymightchangeifyou’reusingWindowsXP,butthesetupprocessremainsthesame)
SetupInstructions
Step1
InsertyourSIMcardintotheE5830WirelessModem,andconnectittoyourWindowsPCusingthe
suppliedUSBcable.Makesurethedeviceispoweredoffwhenyoudothis.Windowsshould
recognizeit,andthe‘Installingdevicedriversoftware’balloonisseeninthesystemtray.
Step2
Afterthedriverinstallprocessiscomplete,anAutoPlaypopupisseen.Clickon‘RunAutoRun.exe’.
Step2(a)
Ifthispopupdoesn’tappearforsomereason:
1. Openthe‘Computer’window(or‘MyComputer’onWindowsXP)
2. Double‐Clickon‘CDDrive(X:)3Mobile’(‘X’inthiscasecanbeanydriveletter)
3. Inthewindowthatopens,doubleclickonDataCard_Setup.exe
Step3
OnWindowsVista,aUserAccountControlpromptpopsup.Clickon‘Allow’
Step4
ASetupwindowappears.FollowtheSetupthroughbyclickingon‘Next’whererelevant.AfterSetup,
whenpromptedtorestartthepc,clickon‘RebootNow’(Youcanselect‘Iwanttomanuallyreboot
later’ifyouwish,butdorestartbeforelaunchingtheprogram)
UnplugthedevicebeforerebootingyourPC.
Step5
AfterthePCreboots,plugthedevicein.YoushouldgetthesameAutoPlaypopupasbefore.Clickon
‘RunAutorun.exe’andthenon‘Allow’ontheUAC(UserAccountControl)prompt
Step5(a)
Ifyoudon’tgettheAutoPlaypopup,clickonthestartmenu.
NavigatetoAllPrograms>3MobileBroadbandManagerandthenclickonthe‘3Mobile
BroadbandManager’program,
Step6
TheConnectionManagerstarts(3MobileBroadbandManager),andpromptsyoutochangeyour
networkName(SSID)andWifiKey(thesecuritykeyofyournetwork).Thoughyoudon’tneedto,it’s
recommendedthatyoudoforsecurityreasons.Clickon‘Yes’ifso.
(Ifyoudon’twanttochangethesedetails,clickonNo,andgotostep8)
Step7
Onclickingon‘Yes’,the‘QuickSetup’tabopens.Youcannowchangethenameofyournetwork(in
theName(SSID)field)andtheSecurityKeyofyournetwork(intheWPA‐PSK(TKIP)field).
Chooseanameofyourpreference.Tomakethesecuritykeysecure,tryusingCAPITALletters,
numbersandsymbolsinyourkey.(Forexample:IfyouwantedyourpasswordtobeJanetWiFi,you
couldsetitasJ@n3tW!F!–thiswouldmakeitsecureaswellaseasytoremember)
Don’tchangeanyoftheDial‐upSettings,andclickonSave.
Step7(a)
Afterchangingthenameandkey,itisrecommendedthatyouresetthedevice’sWiFi.Fromthe
dashboard,youcanclickonthe‘WifiOpen’button,thenonthe‘WiFiClosed’button.
Step8
Thenclickonthe‘Connection’tab.Clickon‘Connect’.Youshouldseea‘Connecting3UK’popup
prompt.Onsuccessfulconnection,the‘Connect’buttonnowchangesto‘Disconnect’.
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