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Why not just use the hotspot on your phone?
by josu 3y ago
Why not just use the hotspot on your phone?
- MostlyStable 3y agoI believe that you can't both simultaneously provide wifi hotspot and use wifi internet (at least, I couldn't on a phone several years ago last time I tried it). I think you can only do that if the network the phone is using is accessed via the cellular modem.
- pests 3y agoThat used to be the case but it has changed now. Probably depends on the phone broadband chipset used. These days you can passthru your WiFi or even a wired connection (via USB to a connected PC or a Ethernet-to-USB adapter) via a Hotspot.
- ikjasdlk2234 3y agoYou can on Android, and have for some time IIRC. This is how I get free wifi on my computer by passing it through my T-Mobile phone.
- mbesto 3y agoCorrect. My GL-E750 Mudi has a repeater function: https://docs.gl-inet.com/router/en/3/setup/gl-e750/internet/#2-repeater https://docs.gl-inet.com/router/en/3/setup/gl-e750/internet/... My iPhone does not.
- Eavolution 3y agoI absolutely can, that's how I connect my ps4 to my uni accommodation internet as it's mschapv2 or smth the ps4 can't connect to. I know it's definitely using the wifi and not my mobile data as my data usage for the day is unchanged after I've downloaded a game. Cheap Chinese android phone from 2020 (or maybe 2021 can't remember).
- Zigurd 3y agoDepends on the phone OS and wifi chipset Some Pixel phones can do it last I checked, which was about a year ago. It's a fragile dependency. For example, a Samsung with the same wifi chip didn't work.