Sharing Your Tablet's Internet; Connecting To Virtual Private Networks - Alcatel Onetouch Pixi 7 Manual Del Usuario

formatting the microSD card will erase its contents, touch ERASE
SD CARD.
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Sharing your tablet's internet

You can share your tablet's internet with a single computer via a
USB cable.
To share your tablet's data connection via USB
Use the USB cable that along with your tablet to connect the tablet
to a USB port on your computer.
• Drag down notification panel and touch
• Touch More...
• Touch Tethering & Mobile HotSpot and then touch the icon
beside USB tethering to activate/deactivate this function.
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Connecting to virtual private networks

Virtual private networks (VPNs) allow you to connect to the
resources inside a secured local network from outside that network.
VPNs are commonly deployed by corporations, schools, and other
institutions so that their users can access local network resources
when not inside that network, or when connected to a wireless
network.
To add a VPN
• Touch Settings on the Home screen.
• Touch More.../VPN and then touch
• In the screen that opens, follow the instructions from your network
administrator to configure each component of the VPN settings.
• Touch SAVE.
The VPN is added to the list on the VPN settings screen.
Before adding a VPN, you should set a lock screen pattern,
PIN code or password for your tablet.
to access Settings.
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To connect/disconnect to a VPN
To connect to a VPN:
• Touch Settings on the Home screen.
• Touch More.../VPN.
• VPNs you have added are listed; touch the VPN you want to connect
with.
• In the dialog that opens, enter any requested credentials and touch
Connect.
To disconnect:
• Open the Notification panel and touch the resulting notification for
the VPN disconnection.
To edit/delete a VPN
To edit a VPN:
• Touch Settings on the Home screen.
• Touch More.../VPN.
• VPNs you have added are listed; touch & hold the VPN you want
to edit.
• Touch Edit profile.
• After finished, touch Save.
To delete:
• Touch and hold the VPN you want to delete, in the dialog that
opens, touch Delete profile.
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