Huawei Vodafone R207 User manual

Quickstart Guide

Vodafone Mobile Wi-Fi

R207

1 Welcome

2 Device overview

3 Getting started

5 Mobile Wi-Fi Web app

6 Web app overview

7 Current network panel

8 Mobile Wi-Fi Monitor app

9 Hints and tips

10 Glossary

Welcome

to the world of mobile communications

Your Vodafone Mobile Wi-Fi creates a personal portable Wi-Fi network. Use it to share

your secure mobile broadband internet connection with other Wi-Fi-enabled devices,

such as computers, Apple®iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, Android smartphones and

tablets like the Samsung®Galaxy Tab, or mobile gaming devices like Nintendo®DSi.

You can use battery, mains or USB to power your Vodafone Mobile Wi-Fi. This

ﬂexibility makes it easy to position your Vodafone Mobile Wi-Fi to get the best mobile

coverage.

Your Vodafone Mobile Wi-Fi uses open source programs licensed under the GNU GPL

(Version 2.0), BSD (Version 3.0), OpenSSL, Zlib/libpng, LGPL and Apache License.

You can download the source code free of charge from: http://vodafone.com/r207

for a period of three years from the distribution of this product.

Your Vodafone Mobile Wi-Fi is made exclusively for Vodafone by Huawei.

No part of this guide may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means

without prior written consent of Huawei.

Welcome

Notice

Licenses

LED indicators

Micro USB port

Lanyard fastener

Power button

Device

overview

SMS text messages

Green - new SMS

Blinking - Inbox full

Standby indicator

Pulsating - standby

Battery charge

Green - OK

Green blinking - charging

Red blinking - low

Firmware update

All LEDs - Green blinking - updating

All LEDs - Green - restarting

Wi-Fi network

Mobile broadband signal

Green - excellent

Amber - low

Red - no network

Step 1

Insert your SIM and battery.

Step 2

Plug your Vodafone Mobile Wi-Fi into the mains* or your computer to charge

it while you are using it.

Step 3

Press and hold the power button for 3 seconds to switch on your Vodafone

Mobile Wi-Fi. It will begin connecting to the mobile broadband network.

Getting

started

Tip:

Charge your Mobile

Wi-Fi fully (mains: 3

hours) before using it

in battery mode.

*Please only use

the correct charger

for your region –

HW-050100x1W,

where “x” will be

one of U, E, B, A, or J,

depending on your

region. For details

about a specific

charger, please

contact your mobile

network operator.

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Replace back coverInsert batteryInsert SIM

Remove back cover

Step 4

You may need to enter your PIN to unlock your SIM.

Also, when your Vodafone Mobile Wi-Fi connects to the mobile network for

the ﬁrst time, you may be asked to activate your SIM. Activation is not always

necessary, so you may not see this.

Step 5

On your computer or device, select your Vodafone Mobile Wi-Fi network’s name

(its ‘SSID’) from the list of available networks, click Connect and enter the secure

Wi-Fi network key (the ‘WPA2 password’). The name and key are inside the back

cover of your Vodafone Mobile Wi-Fi and also on a printed reminder card.

Congratulations - you are connected to the internet via Vodafone Mobile Wi-Fi.

Getting

started

To check the status of your mobile broadband and Wi-Fi networks, manage

SMS text messages or change the settings of your Mobile Wi-Fi, you can use

the Vodafone Mobile Wi-Fi Web app:

Connect to your Vodafone Mobile Wi-Fi via Wi-Fi or with a USB cable–

If you installed your Vodafone Mobile Wi-Fi via USB, double-click the–

Vodafone Mobile Wi-Fi icon that was created on your desktop

Alternatively - and particularly if you did not install via USB - open–

http://VodafoneMobile.wiﬁor http://192.168.0.1 in your web browser.

To use the Vodafone Mobile Wi-Fi Web app via a USB cable or via Wi-Fi,

you need:

A computer with at least Windows XP– ®SP3, or

An Apple Mac with at least OS X– ®10.6 Snow Leopard.

You can also manage your Vodafone Mobile Wi-Fi via its Wi-Fi network,

but not via a USB cable, using:

Linux or Windows– ®8 RT, or

iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or any other smartphone or tablet.–

Mobile Wi-Fi

Web app

Tip:

Save the addresses

for your Mobile Wi-Fi

as favourites in your

web browser.

Navigation tabs: Select Mobile Wi-Fi, SMS or Account view

Navigation bar: Select an area within each view

Current network panel: Status of mobile broadband network,

Wi-Fi network, battery and connected devices

Content area: Content for current area

Context help: Help for current area

Language selection: Defaults to browser language

Web app

overview

The Current network panel appears on the right-hand side of every view in the

Mobile Wi-Fi Web app, giving you a quick summary of the status of your Mobile

Wi-Fi. Below it are additional panels for battery, Wi-Fi and the status of other

devices sharing your Wi-Fi network.

Current

network

panel

Mobile Wi-Fi

Monitor app

If you have an Apple iOS®or Android device, you can also check the

status of your Mobile Wi-Fi using the Vodafone Mobile Wi-Fi Monitor app.

Download the app from the iTunes or Google Play app stores.

iPad / tablet iPhone / smartphone

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