Mobile Wifi

This article talks about one of the best Mobile Wifi device, i.e. Vodafone MiFi. It's a handy mobile WiFi router, works anywhere you go. The name MiFi symbolizes its pure Mobility ('Mi' is used instead of 'Wi' in general) for WiFi connectivity. Nothing technical about it's name, it's just a new way to call a Mobile Wifi device and nothing else. It can connect five devices at a time, which is sufficient for any domestic or personal use.

There are many other alternatives to this device is available, but the performance and pure mobility criteria keep this device ahead of others. It runs both on its battery and direct electricity (using a USB charger), whereas most of its alternatives use only the second option. Without a built-in battery, these type of devices can't be called a mobile device. So Vodafone MiFi is a purely mobile device in this term. The battery is easily removable, so you can remove it whenever the device is not in use for a long time. Battery backup is also good, which is approx 3-5 hours, depending upon its usage.

It manages the standby mode intelligently when the device is 'ON' but not in use. The SIM and micro-SD card slots are also easily accessible as the battery. Some device details like default WiFi password is printed inside the device, which is really helpful.

It comes with a USB portable charger, and a detachable USB cable with that charger, so you can charge the device using your PC or Laptop as well. It's advisable to keep the device on charging (if possible) when it's in use; this approach helps to maximize it's battery life.

To access the Mobile Network, it behaves very similar to a 3G enabled mobile phone. It switches from GPRS to 3G to HSUPA and reversal automatically as per the network availability and strength in the area of its use. The Display of Vodafone MiFi gives all these details along with the WiFi signal distribution status, battery charge level, and connected devices' count (see just below the wifi signal indicator in the display, here it's 2 in the figure).

The display and the device power indicator goes on and off automatically to increase battery life.

All the settings and maintenance of this device can be performed from the connected device(s). It uses an easy and intuitive interface on the browser. Following figures give an overview of the same.

There is no need of any extra setup to use Vodafone MiFi device to access Internet. It starts working as soon as you insert a valid SIM Card with Internet data access. Yet you can do additional settings and maintenance activities as per your requirement. It is recommended to use 3G connection from Vodafone for best results, SIM cards from other operators is not supported in this device. Apparently this restriction seems a disadvantage. But it is proven as a wrong thinking whenever you compare its performance with the alternatives available in the market which support multi-type SIMs. This Mobile WiFi device has been optimized to use Vodafone network best, thus it gives the best performance.

Type 192.168.0.1 in your Internet browser's (Internet Explorer, Chrome, FireFox, etc.) address box whenever you are connected to WiFi of Vodafone MiFi Device. The following screen will appear - use admin as the password to login to the control panel.

So, here is the inside of Vodafone MiFi control panel, accessible from the connected device's web-browser.

A-Z information and control of the device can be accessed through this admin panel, which is really awesome. You can configure anything about the device: from it's WiFi pass-key setting to reading & writing SMS through the inserted SIM Card in it. Even you can use it as a simple WiFi router if you don't have a SIM card! It's performance on the go is far better than the mobile hots-spots available with the smart phones these days. You can also insert a micro-SD cart to expand the device's capability as a mobile storage device, and that makes sharing of the files among connected devices really easy.