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title: "Access offline SiteManager with Mobile Broadband connection"
slug: "tips-tricks-access-offline-sitemanager-with-mobile-broadband-connection"
tags: ["3G/4G", "SiteManager", "Tips & Tricks"]
updated: 2021-05-03T10:18:19Z
published: 2021-05-03T10:18:19Z
canonical: "kb.secomea.com/tips-tricks-access-offline-sitemanager-with-mobile-broadband-connection"
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# Access offline SiteManager with Mobile Broadband connection

This article will provide information on how to get a SiteManager back online if the internet for some reason is gone. These are some examples of how that can be achieved.

Scenario - you are onsite and the SiteManager has lost internet connection for some reason.

## Connect via Mobile Broadband

#### Requirements

- Any sort of Mobile Broadband (2G/3G/4G) device like Mobile Phone, Tablet, Laptop with GSM Modem.
- A Laptop with an Ethernet port
- Ethernet Cable
- SiteManager on DHCP Mode  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/88f49507-a7a0-4636-b297-13c4d0065310/Images/Documentation/image-1616748047382.png)

#### Connect via mobile broadband

## Using default Wifi settings

#### Requirements

- Uplink 2 settings SSID and WIFI key are not in use.
- Mobile Phone or Tablet acting as a Hotspot.

**By default** – Without any configuration – The SiteManager will attempt to connect to SSID: SiteManager KEY: Serial number of the SiteManager, using lowercase and no separators (colon, dots, etc). This makes it easy to configure – Create a hotspot on your phone and start configuring the SiteManager”

1. Create Mobile Hotspot with the name "SiteManager" and the serial number as a password, for example, 00c0a200a288
2. SiteManager will by default try to access any WIFI with the name "sitemanager" if the SSID and WIFI key is not configured as in the picture below  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/88f49507-a7a0-4636-b297-13c4d0065310/Images/Documentation/image-1616748145378.png)
3. After connection, it will look like this  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/88f49507-a7a0-4636-b297-13c4d0065310/Images/Documentation/image-1616748153772.png)
4.