Wi-Fi Management allows you to see information related to your Wi-Fi and devices connected to it from the Hughesnet® Mobile app or my.hughesnet.com. You will be able to edit your router settings, reset your router remotely, see connected devices, and view wireless status. You will also be able to see device usage in the last 24 hours. To access this from my.hughesnet.com, navigate to Support and select “Wi-Fi Management” from the dropdown menu.
On the Mobile App, you can access this by navigating to the Usage tab and selecting Wi-Fi Management.
Network Details Tab
The mapping under Network Details will showcase the network connection from the Internet to the modem.
By clicking on your modem, you will be able to modify modem Information, view, and manage your connected devices.
Devices listed below are the devices connected to your modem.
- Under Speed Connection, click the arrow to navigate to the connection speed page and select Start to then begin the speed test from the device to modem. The results will be displayed in the middle of the diagram.
Network Settings & Access
Under Network Settings & Access, you will be able to perform the following actions:
- Wi-Fi settings
- You will be able to rename your Wi-Fi name and edit your Wi-Fi password.
- Band Steering automatically connects your devices to the best available Wi-Fi radio. If this is turned off, you will be presented with both 2.4G and 5G Wi-Fi radios options to modify.
- You may also disable the Wi-fi radios within Wireless Settings.
- Guest Wi-Fi settings
- You will be able to rename your Guest Wi-Fi name and edit your Guest Wi-Fi password.
- Band Steering automatically connects your devices to the best available Wi-Fi radio. If this is turned off, you will be presented with both 2.4G and 5G Wi-Fi radios options to modify.
- You may also disable the Wi-fi radios within Wireless Settings.
- Change Admin Password
- You will be able to change your Admin Password to your modem.
- Reboot Equipment
- This allows you to reboot your modem. You will need you admin password to complete this action. The reboot process should take up to 2 minutes.
- Parental Controls
- You will be able to set schedules on your devices to automatically pause their connection to the internet. Devices need to have a schedule set a parental control rule. To create a schedule, click the Create New Schedule Tab. You will need to name the schedule, set the start and end times for when you want the device to not be connected to the network, and select the days, indicated by the letters representing the days of the week. You also have the option to have this schedule on a repeated schedule
- Devices under “Devices with this rule” will abide by the schedule created.
- Traffic prioritization
- You will be able to prioritize online activity on your devices. When this is turned on, you will be able to prioritize network traffic to your devices that are categorized by streaming, gaming, or custom modes.
- One Time Boost allows for a non-repeated one-time schedule to prioritize traffic on selected device. To add, you will need to provide the date, start time, end time, and select which devices will have this one-time boost prioritization.