Changing Your Settings 215
Wi-Fi During Sleep
By default, when your device enter a sleep mode, your Wi-Fi
connection stays on all the time. If the feature is Never
enabled during sleep that current data usage is taken over by
your SIM and its network connection.
1.
From the main
Settings
page, tap
Connections
tab
➔
Wi-Fi
.
2.
Press
and then tap
Advanced
➔
Keep Wi-Fi on
during sleep
.
3.
Select an available option:
• Always
: maintains your current active Wi-Fi connection even
during sleep.
• Only when plugged in
: maintains the active Wi-Fi connection
only when the device detects it is connected to a power supply.
This reduced the drain on your device’s battery.
• Never (increases data usage)
: shuts off the current Wi-Fi
connection during sleep and diverts any current data usage to
the cellular network connection.
Auto Network Switch
This feature allow the device to automatically switch
between available Wi-Fi networks and the current mobile
network.
1.
From the main
Settings
page, tap
Connections
tab
➔
Wi-Fi
.
2.
Press
and then tap
Advanced
.
3.
Tap the
Auto network switch
field to activate the
feature. A green check mark indicates the feature is
active.
Finding your WI-Fi Address Information
1.
From the main
Settings
page, tap
Connections
tab
➔
Wi-Fi
.
2.
Press
and then tap
Advanced
.
3.
Locate the MAC Address and IP Address information at
the bottom of the screen.
• MAC address
: view your device’s MAC address, required
when connecting to some secured networks (not configurable).
• IP address
: view your device’s IP address.