Can I use my phone as a hotspot for my computer?

Is a mobile hotspot free?

If you do have an an unlimited smartphone plan, you can tack on 5 GB of hotspot use for $30 per month. By comparison, Sprint’s tablet data plans cost $15 per month for 300 MB and $30 per month for 3 GB. T-Mobile: Mobile hotspot is free with all Simple Choice plans.

Create a Wi-Fi hotspot with an Android phone. On your phone go to Settings > More > Wireless & networks > Tethering & portable hotspot. Next, you’ll see a few different tethering options. Also the capability of giving your hotspot strong encryption in case you’re in a public location.

3 Answers. You cannot use your Wi-Fi connection for Internet connectivity while other devices are using Wi-Fi for Personal Hotspot. You can share only a cellular data connection; you cannot share a Wi-Fi connection.

You can add up to two tablets to the same unlimited data plan, for an additional $20 per device. Verizon will stream ‘high-quality’ HD video as standard. The Mobile Hotspot allowance is 10 GB per month on 4G. After that quota is elapsed, further tethering traffic will use the slower 3G network.

Method 1 Setting up a Hotspot With a Service Plan

Check with your carrier.

Open the Settings menu.

Tap “More” in the “Wireless & networks” section.

Tap the “Tethering and portable hotspot” menu.

Tap the “Set up Wi-Fi hotspot” option to change your settings.

Check the “Portable Wi-Fi hotspot” box to enable the hotspot.

Wi-Fi compatible devices can connect to the Internet via a WLAN and a wireless access point. Such an access point (or hotspot) has a range of about 20 meters (66 feet) indoors and a greater range outdoors.

Setup a mobile hotspot on Android

Head to your main system Settings.

Hit the More button at the bottom of the Wireless & networks section, right below Data usage.

Open Tethering and portable hotspot.

Tap on Set up Wi-Fi hotspot.

Input a Network name.

Choose a Security type.

Follow these instructions to set up your device as an Internet/Wi-Fi connection. From the Home screen, navigate: Settings > Personal Hotspot. Tap the Personal Hotspot switch to turn on or off . If you are prompted to “Set Up Personal Hotspot”, visit My Verizon or contact us to make the necessary plan / add-on change.

A hotspot is a physical location where people may obtain Internet access, typically using Wi-Fi technology, via a wireless local area network (WLAN) using a router connected to an internet service provider.

To set up a mobile hotspot with your phone, heed these steps:

Turn off the Wi-Fi radio.

Plug the phone into a power source.

Open the Settings app.

Touch the More item in the Wireless & Networks section, and then choose Tethering & Portable Hotspot.

Follow these steps to set up Internet tethering:

Connect the phone to a computer or laptop by using the USB cable.

Open the Settings app.

Choose More, and then choose Tethering & Mobile Hotspot.

Place a check mark by the USB Tethering item.

With a mobile hotspot, you can create an Internet connection for up to five mobile devices on a 3G phone and up to 10 on a 4G LTE smartphone. After a few quick steps, the phone creates its own secure Wi-Fi network, which your devices can join.

A Personal Hotspot lets you share the cellular data connection of your iPhone or iPad (Wi-Fi + Cellular) when you don’t have access to a Wi-Fi network.

Here’s how to set up an iPhone Wi-Fi hotspot: Tap ‘Wi-Fi Password’ and enter a suitable password. (This isn’t related to your Apple ID or usual Wi-Fi connection.) Now check the name of the hotspot listed under To Connect Using Wi-Fi (we get “David’s iPhone”).

For the best results, use the USB cable that shipped with your phone, connecting the wider end to your PC and the smaller plug to the charging port on your phone. Next, on your Android device, open Settings > Wireless & networks > More and find Tethering & portable hotspot. Here, check the USB tethering option.

How to enable Wi-Fi hotspot

Tap the Settings icon in your home screen or app drawer.

Under Wireless & networks, tap More.

Tap Tethering & portable hotspot.

Tap the toggle next to Portable Wi-Fi hotspot.

Use these steps to connect:

Wi-Fi. On the device that you want to connect to, go to Settings > Cellular > Personal Hotspot and make sure that it’s on.

Bluetooth. To make sure that your iPhone or iPad is discoverable, go to Settings > Bluetooth and stay on that screen.

USB.

Many wireless-capable devices, including Windows computers, Android tablets and some iOS devices, can share an Internet connection via Bluetooth. If your company has a Bluetooth device, you can take advantage of Internet “tethering” to cut down on the need for separate Internet plans for all of your mobile devices.

Here’s how to set it up:

Open Settings on your Android phone. Under the Wireless section, tap More → Tethering & portable hotspot.

Turn on “Portable WiFi hotspot.”

A hotspot notification should appear. Tap this notification and select “Set up Wi-Fi hotspot.”

On your laptop, turn on WiFi and select your phone’s network.

To turn on the hotspot feature and connect devices:

Press > > Settings > Connections (at the top of the screen).

Tap the switch next to Hotspot to turn it on. If Wi-Fi is on, tap OK to turn it off when asked.

Tap Hotspot to view instructions for connecting devices.

Right click on it, select “Properties,” and go to the “Sharing” tab. Check the option “Allow other network users to connect through this computer’s Internet connection.” This time, select the WiFi hotspot you created earlier. To turn off your hotspot, type “netsh wlan stop hostednetwork” in Command Prompt.

Originally posted 2022-04-25 13:46:27.