Configuring your Huawei MiFi e5830

So you've finally purchased your spanking new MiFi to use on you Wifi devices. This is a short guide to the Huawei MiFi interface.

Note: This is a guide to unlocked Huawei MiFi Units that has been reverted to the original firmware (customizable) and not the locked 3 model.

Here is a quick video walk-through of the MiFi modem.

Once connected you can access the device via any browser, and pointing it to http://192.168.1.1 like any other routers.

login using 'admin' as password.

The home screen will show you the status of your connection.

You may opt to use the Quick Setup for a step by step configuration

Press 'Next', then fill up the necessary information.

For Philippine subscribers, you may view my previous blog entry for guide "Getting Online without Wifi". For International subscribers, you may refer here for a list of APNs for other countries.

After filling up the necessary info, press next. Specify whether you want the device to connect automatically (start when powered on), manually (by pressing the connect button on the unit) or on demand (when a connection request is received). Then click 'next'.

The succeeding menu will be about setting up the Wifi part of the modem, fill out the necessary info if you want it customized (ie SSID, WPA passkey, etc.). If you decide to stick with the default, just press 'next' in every menu.

After everything is done, you can now enjoy your wireless internet.

For other options on how to connect your MiFi, you can access these sites :

For Mac users

For Windows users