TIPS: How you can easily secure and protect your Hotspot from stolen by Other People

Hi Readers!  Today,  I'll be writing on the tips you can use to protect and secure your Wireless Hotspot from been Used by other People. 

Though,  is only few knows that you can protect your Wireless Hostspot .

Firstly,  What's Wireless Hotspot?  Wireless (or wi-fi) hotspots are essentially wireless access points providing network and/or Internet access to mobile devices like your laptop or smartphone, typically in public locations.


Also is a network that enable you to share network with multi Users across your Zone i.e Many people can connect with one Hotspot at a Time and share the same network among one another.

So,  many people see Hotspot as ordinary Network that can be share with friends but they dont know that Once Hotspot service is switch on,  many people can connect with it and be sharing the Network and these leads to Exhausting of one Data Bundle.





But today,  am going to be sharing you on how to protect and secure your Hotspot Network whenever it is Switch on and Restricted it to those you want to be be sharing the network with.

Here is how you can assign a password to the portable WiFi hotspot in Android:

1. In your Android device, open the system settings and touch on More under the Wireless & Networks section. Then select Tethering and portable hotspot .

2. Turn on the WiFi hotspot and touch on the WiFi hotspot name shown to a little left to 


the hotspot on/off switch. This will open the WiFi hotspot settings.

3. In the WiFi hotspot settings, touch Set up Wi-Fi hotspot under the Basic settings category.

4. In the screen that appears, you would be able to choose a new SSID name, choose a security type (you should select WPA2 PSK), enter a password ( The Password must be 8 characters and above) and finally touch the Save button to save the settings.

5. Now you will have to enter a password when you try to connect to this hotspot from your PC or other Users.

Conclusion: Using a password to protect your portable hotspot in Android saves you from situations where your internet bandwidth gets stolen by other devices and users. It also restricts the users who can use this hotspot.




Only those people who are given the password would be able to connect to the hotspot and use the internet.

Hope this Article will help alot. 

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