Hot Spot with cell. phone?
How do you use a cell. phone as a hot spot? Does it require extra equipment?
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96Bounder30E wrote:donn0128 wrote:
If you have a dumb phone you cant.
Why not?..... Until I got my first smartphone.... I used my LG 8350 as a hot spot..... Did it for several years..... It was dial up speed but it worked.... It used the phone as a modem so it didn't require a data plan....
Years ago... Verizon sold a mobile office kit with VZ navigator software....
Well.. You can in some cases.. But a Dumb Phone usually does not have the ability to use Wi-Fi in any way mean or form
Some of them can be "Tethered" using a USB or RS-232 cable (Depending on the model) or an adapter.. But they do not wi-fi.
If it's USB tetherable you may be able to use a CradlePoint or TP-link to set up a hot spot.. but that is the reason.
WI-Fi is normally only present on "Smart" phones and then not always.
My Galaxy's can both use Wi-Fi (Mine is using the house network as I type) and provide it (Hotspot) depending on the needs and what is out there (Here Park WiFi feeds house WiFi feeds Phone.. Towers not so much.. Elsewhere.. Towers feed phone, Phone feeds computers via hot spot.
