Setting up your SIM Card and Connecting your Router

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SIM PIN removal
  1. To ensure that you can set up successfully, please ensure that the PIN to the Data SIM has been removed before inserting it into the router. You can do this by:

    1. Removing the data SIM from the starter pack

    2. Inserting the Home Internet SIM Card into a mobile device.

    3. Navigate to your mobile devices security settings and disable the SIM Pin Lock

  2. Once this is done, you can remove the data SIM from your mobile device

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SIM insertion & switching on
  1. Insert your Home Internet data SIM Card into the Router. You can do this by:

    1. Opening the Micro SIM slot cover

    2. Inserting the data SIM into the SIM slot

    3. For more details, follow the quick start guideline included in your router box

  2. Plug the Router in and switch it on

  3. Please note that it is not advised to remove the Data SIM from the router while it is in use

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Establishing a WiFi network
  1. To make sure the WiFi is enabled, check if the WiFi LED on your device is blue.

  2. Turn on WiFi on the device you wish to connect

  3. Search for the WiFi network name on your device

    1. The WiFi network name (SSID) can be found on the bottom of the router, along with the WiFi key (password)

  4. Click 'Connect' and enter the WiFi key.

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Alternatively, if you would like to set up your Home Internet Router without removing the SIM PIN, follow the steps below:

Step 1
Default network name
Step 2
Connecting a device

Connecting a Device (e.g. PC): Select the corresponding network name on your devices WiFi settings and enter the password. Connect the Device to your Router -this connection is with no network.

Step 3
Router Admin Interface
  1. When connected to a PC, an automatic redirect window takes you to the Router Admin Interface/Web UI.

    1. If you are not automatically redirected: you can access the Router Admin Interface/Web UI with the routers Gateway IP address: This is usually indicated at the back/ below the router. For the Alcatel Linkhub HH72v Router, this is the IP Address: http://192.168.1.1

    2. Alternatively, if you are using a mobile device, you can download the Router Manager App in your app store and follow the directions detailed below.

Step 4
Follow the prompts
  1. Enter the default password: admin

  2. Fill the following information:

    1. Insert the SIM Card PIN in the applicable field.

    2. After insertion of the SIM PIN, the Router will automatically connect to the Network.

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As another alternative, if you would like to set up your Home Internet Router on your Mobile Device, without removing the SIM PIN, please follow the steps below:

Step 1
Without SIM PIN removal
  1. The Router can also be setup by downloading the Router Manager App via the link or QR Code on the back/front of the Router.

  2. Enter the default password: admin

  3. Insert the SIM PIN in the applicable field.

  4. After insertion of the SIM PIN, the Router will automatically connect to the Network.

Note: following the steps above would require your Data Sim to be correctly installed in the Router, do this by following Step 2 titled 'SIM Insertion & Switching On'.

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