Hi,
I often find myself in environments (mainly hotel rooms) where I have a wired Internet connection but no wifi.
I was wondering if anyone knew if it is possible to have my Xperia use USB to get its internet access through a laptop (XP or Win7). I've looked elsewhere in XDA, and found many other questions but few answers.
I know that the last resort is travelling with a router but that's undesirable and I'd like to avoid that solution if possible. Having the laptop act as the access point could be a workable solution but I have no idea how to do that without buying third party software.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Is therenot any software that alliws the laptop to become a router if it is using ethernet cable?
I dont know, just a guessw
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gregbradley said:
Is therenot any software that alliws the laptop to become a router if it is using ethernet cable?
I dont know, just a guessw
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There's Connectify for Windows 7 that turns the PC into a virtual WiFi hotspot, it works well most of the times.
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Anyone know a way to accomplish this using windows vista?
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Im wondering if this is possible so heres my scenario:
I have KaosFroyo ROM and have used wifi tethering before with it.
At my apartment i have my wireless router in my livingroom wired to my Xbox360 and my desktop pc is two rooms away connected to the router, what I want to do is tether via bluetooth and than bridge the wireless and bluetooth connections so the xbox can connect to Live. do you guys think this is possible? let me know your input.
Thanks
snyluc13 said:
Im wondering if this is possible so heres my scenario:
I have KaosFroyo ROM and have used wifi tethering before with it.
At my apartment i have my wireless router in my livingroom wired to my Xbox360 and my desktop pc is two rooms away connected to the router, what I want to do is tether via bluetooth and than bridge the wireless and bluetooth connections so the xbox can connect to Live. do you guys think this is possible? let me know your input.
Thanks
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I'm confused. If the Xbox is already connected to the router, then why can't you connect to Live as it's setup now?
I wanna help answer your question, but I don't fully understand the problem.
If you don't have a home internet connection you should see if you can put dd-wrt on your router. Then you can connect the router to your phone as a wireless client and plug the Ethernet into the Xbox.
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redhooka said:
If you don't have a home internet connection you should see if you can put dd-wrt on your router. Then you can connect the router to your phone as a wireless client and plug the Ethernet into the Xbox.
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Sorry for the confusion, and thank you that was exactly what I was looking for
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What is dd-wrt and how do i get it?
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ryan49er said:
What is dd-wrt and how do i get it?
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It is an open source, linux-based firmware for routers.
www.dd-wrt.com
I'm looking to access PC's internet and pass it to the Phone. Is this possible for our phones?
There are a number of cheap usb wifi adapters that can double as access points.
I'm guessing you have a laptop with mobile internet?
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gr8hairy1 said:
There are a number of cheap usb wifi adapters that can double as access points.
I'm guessing you have a laptop with mobile internet?
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I have wifi at home but at work, I get no signal (data or voice) and wondering if I can connect via USB. I don't have wifi at work.
Yeah they'd probably have issue with you wirelessly broadcasting their internet.
Bluetooth however would work and is cheap. And won't interfere with the network at all.
I've read else where on xda that people have gotten it to work, but the only instructions were for linux, and I got a feeling your work computer is xp.
How easy? Alot depends on the operating system and bluetooth adapter.
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Wondering if theres anyway i can use my phone with a wired connection to a pc without wifi. Is there anyway i can do it via bluetooth or via usb cable. And i have a network RJ45 port around me if i get an adapter would it be possible to plug it into my phone then use the internet?
Cheers
Clinton93 said:
Wondering if theres anyway i can use my phone with a wired connection to a pc without wifi. Is there anyway i can do it via bluetooth or via usb cable. And i have a network RJ45 port around me if i get an adapter would it be possible to plug it into my phone then use the internet?
Cheers
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1371345
There's always a way mate!
Detailed guide plus apps, both for phone and PC.
It's called reverse Android tethering
Also there's a stock app that can do that using usb, I think it was called something like settings
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Makrilli said:
Also there's a stock app that can do that using usb, I think it was called something like settings
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I totally forgot this is a GalaxyS2 forum lol, I posted what works on every phone
You're right, it's easy on SGS2, just use Settings
sorry, kinda new to the s2 but where in settings can i do this?
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Wireless connection or whatever it is, and in there tethering or whatever. Sorry, I'm too lazy to change language to english
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i was looking at the tethering setting but isnt that using my phones internet on my pc not the other way around?
Yes, seems that I understood your first post wrong, I think ur looking for reverse thether although I don't get it why some1 would like to share his computers internet via usb to his phone
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I just bought my S3 not too long ago and have noticed that I can't seem to tether to my MacBook Pro under OS X, but it seems to work fine under Windows. I was wondering if anyone else experienced this and if there was a fix? Loving the phone but it's really a deal breaker for me if this is a consistent issue. Thanks!
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What do you mean by "tether" ? Are you trying to get network connection going through the S3 on your mac via USB tether? Or are you talking about file transfer?
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What do you mean by "tether" ? Are you trying to get network connection going through the S3 on your mac via USB tether? Or are you talking about file transfer?
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you can download kies air via samsung apps and then connect PC with wifi
Sorry shouldn't been more specific, i mean using my S3 as a wifi hot spot and connecting my Mac to it.
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Hello all. I was wondering if I could share my computers internet with my phone. My computers hooked up with ethernet so it would be nice if I could share that connection with my Note. Thank you.
Depends, there's tethering and there's reverse tethering...
To connect to the internet on PC using the phone's cell towers, I use EasyTether
I mean reverse tethering, I tried an app and it didnt work and I tried setting up an ad hoc connection and that didnt work either
This is what I found to work best...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1371345
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