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NekkidFish's avatar
NekkidFish
Explorer
Oct 07, 2014

Connecting the iPad?

At home we have a network, which is how all of our computers, iPads and phones connect. Both of our phones also have data plans, which we use outside the house.

My question is regarding connecting the iPad to the Internet when away from home. Is there any way for me to connect the iPad to my iPhone, so I can use the iPhone's data?

I could just use the iPhone when out, but the screen and keyboard are so darned small, so I prefer the iPad.

Thanks! Jules
  • Big_Katuna's avatar
    Big_Katuna
    Explorer II
    Oct 07, 2014
    8iron wrote:
    I live in Canada where admittedly our cell technology lags behind the rest of the developed world but I have never heard of being blocked from hotspotting another device by a carrier. Is this common?


    With ATT and iPhone it is an optional plan. I use my 5S as a hotspot so my wife and I can use our iPads when we camp and there is no wifi.

    Turn off the plan and you can't do it.

    In the old days I tethered my laptop via USB cable before they figured it out.

    I THINK if you jailbreak your phone you can still tether and use your laptop as a hotspot.
  • NekkidFish's avatar
    NekkidFish
    Explorer
    Oct 07, 2014
    8iron wrote:
    I live in Canada where admittedly our cell technology lags behind the rest of the developed world but I have never heard of being blocked from hotspotting another device by a carrier. Is this common?


    I can't help with that, since I don't know what you mean. ??
  • 8iron's avatar
    8iron
    Explorer
    Oct 07, 2014
    I live in Canada where admittedly our cell technology lags behind the rest of the developed world but I have never heard of being blocked from hotspotting another device by a carrier. Is this common?
  • NekkidFish's avatar
    NekkidFish
    Explorer
    Oct 07, 2014
    M GO BLUE wrote:
    Pdanet along with Foxfi...download both apps for free


    I just did a search for those two apps and came up with nothing. :h
  • NekkidFish's avatar
    NekkidFish
    Explorer
    Oct 07, 2014
    ed6713 wrote:
    We do this all the time with the Hot Spot feature on the iPhone.
    An optional feature that will cost you a monthly fee. As I recall, you can turn the Hot Spot feature on and off so if you only need this feature during your travel months, that's all you pay for.


    Ed, is this like an app? Or do I have to go to a Verizon store to have it added?

    Hubby has a hot spot thing, but when I have tried to use it in the past when in the RVs we rented, it just never had a good signal.
  • ed6713's avatar
    ed6713
    Explorer
    Oct 07, 2014
    We do this all the time with the Hot Spot feature on the iPhone.
    An optional feature that will cost you a monthly fee. As I recall, you can turn the Hot Spot feature on and off so if you only need this feature during your travel months, that's all you pay for.

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