Connecting a WNCE2001 to Personal Hotspot

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Connecting a WNCE2001 to Personal Hotspot

When I try and search for my Personal Hotspot with the WNCE2001 when setting the device up, my Personal Hotspot do not come up as an Existing Network fo some reason. I do have an option to manually input my wireless SSID which asked me

Name (SSID):

Security Type: (I have options to select None; WEP; WPA-PSK [TKIP]; WPA2-PSK [AES]; WPA/WPA2-PSK [TKIP]; WPA/WPA2-PSK [AES])

Passphrase:

But I don’t know where to find this information on my iphone . Can you please help. Thank you

iPhone XS, iOS 13

Posted on Jul 29, 2020 8:20 AM

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Answer 1

Jul 29, 2020 8:46 AM in response to Lawrence Finch

https://kb.netgear.com/6740/Configuring-your-NETGEAR-wireless-adapter-using-NETGEAR-Smart-Wizard-software

Its possible the Netgear adapter does not support the connection type provided by the phone.

I believe it provided a 2.4ghz N type wifi connection.

The security I believe is WPA2-PSK[AES]

The passphrase is whatever you have set as the password in the Personal Hotspot settings on your iPhone.

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Answer 2

Jul 29, 2020 9:17 AM in response to CharlieETD

You cannot use WPS setup, so the passphrase is irrelevant. Use the instructions if your network doesn’t support WPS.

Have you followed these

instructions—>https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/WNCE2001/WNCE2001_IG_28JULY2010.pdf

Have you turned on the wireless hotspot on your phone (Settings/Cellular - Allow Others to Join)?

Is your phone plugged in (required to have Wi-Fi stay on)?

If it doesn’t detect your hotspot (which will have the same SSID as the name of your phone) then there is a problem in the WNCE2001 setup.

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Answer 3

Jul 29, 2020 8:23 AM in response to CharlieETD

What is a WNCE2001?

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Jul 29, 2020 8:41 AM in response to Lawrence Finch

NetGear Universal WiFi Internet Adapter model WNCE2001

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CharlieETD Author

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Jul 29, 2020 4:01 PM in response to Lawrence Finch

Thank you. All instructions have been followed but still sign of my Personal Hotspot.

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Jul 29, 2020 4:06 PM in response to Phil0124

Maybe my Personal Hotspot on iPhone XS is just not compatible with the NetGear Adaptor but it seems to be with other routers. Frustrating.

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