Internet from cell service???????????
Hi, we currently have Hi-speed internet with Windstream and a wireless gizmo that several laptops in out house can use. That is $40.00/month that we would like to eliminate. The wife just upgraded o...
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A lot of this depends on some specific information I do not have like the make and model of your wife's phone... But I will give you the generic view.
NOTE: SOME cellular providers do charge EXTRA if you "Tether" comptuers or activate the phone as a "HotSpot"
NOTE all pones can do it either.. One (Well several) that can are the Samsung Galaxy line. I have an S-III myself All the newer models of smart phones shoudl have this ability. And it should be described in the manual.
I have T-Mobile. AT&T is generally.. A lot like T-Mobile in how they do things (use the same phones in fact).
One of the "Apps" (Applications) on my phone is named T-mobile Hot Spot. I open it, turn on the HOT spot, and long press the selection as I recall, it gives me instructions for connecting..
Something like
Look for SGH-T999 (Mine is a T-mobile phone and that's it's model number)
Enter Ax12zbq as the pass key in your computer's client
(NOTE: That is not my network key, it is random keys I punched)
and connect.. And that, folks is all there is to it.
I did add a 2nd level of security to my system.. you not only need my network key you need to be pre-authorized to use my phone's hot spot.
This is optional, and explained in the phone's manual, which you can download as an application to the phone.
NOTE: SOME cellular providers do charge EXTRA if you "Tether" comptuers or activate the phone as a "HotSpot"
NOTE all pones can do it either.. One (Well several) that can are the Samsung Galaxy line. I have an S-III myself All the newer models of smart phones shoudl have this ability. And it should be described in the manual.
I have T-Mobile. AT&T is generally.. A lot like T-Mobile in how they do things (use the same phones in fact).
One of the "Apps" (Applications) on my phone is named T-mobile Hot Spot. I open it, turn on the HOT spot, and long press the selection as I recall, it gives me instructions for connecting..
Something like
Look for SGH-T999 (Mine is a T-mobile phone and that's it's model number)
Enter Ax12zbq as the pass key in your computer's client
(NOTE: That is not my network key, it is random keys I punched)
and connect.. And that, folks is all there is to it.
I did add a 2nd level of security to my system.. you not only need my network key you need to be pre-authorized to use my phone's hot spot.
This is optional, and explained in the phone's manual, which you can download as an application to the phone.
