Hi all. I'm currently looking for a new phone and I'm pretty interested in the Galaxy SII.
I currently use a rooted Nook Color running CM7 as a tablet, and I want to connect it to my new phone via an infrastructure hotspot.
Can the Galaxy SII host infrastructure wifi, or adhoc only?
Forgive me if this has been asked before. I search of this forum for "infrastructure" didnt turn anything up.
Yes it can host a wifi hotspot, no idea about adhoc.
peachpuff said:
Yes it can host a wifi hotspot, no idea about adhoc.
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I know it can host a wifi hotspot, but what I'm curious about is whether that hotspot is ad-hoc or infrastructure. If it's adhoc I have to modify one of the WPA files on my nook, which DOES work, but it causes major instability and hassle.
I'd rather just make sure I get a device that supports infrastructure, and then I dont have to worry about it
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I just got my new Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 WIFI version. I am able to connect to the internet smoothly with my home WLAN network. However, when I turn on the wifi hotspot from my mobile phone, the tab does not recognize it (WIFI analyzer can though). My Lenovo laptop can see it and connect via it to the internet, so the hotspot itself is working.
I am just wondering if connecting to wifi hotspot is really supported in the tab and/or Android 3.1?
Thank you for your advice in advance
Connecting to an "Access Point" Hotspot works fine, tested it with my Galaxy S. Maybe your phone opens an Ad Hoc network?
thanks. this seems to be right into the point. i use symbian phone running joiku, and it indeed seems to support adhoc mode only. so anyway to enable adhoc wifi connecting support in my tab?
Haven't tried it myself but it seems there is a patch in the development section which enables ad-hoc network detection/connection (Tab needs to be rooted): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1123638
Thank you. Now I have managed to make the adhoc wifi connecting work by following the instructions behind the above link
Hey All,
First post here in the Galaxy tab forum but I frequent the XDA phone forums. I have a question (and I have done plenty of searching online and in the forums) but can not seem to get this to work.
My Galaxy Tab 10.1 WIFI only is rooted and has the newest TASK650 ROM installed. I am using the Motorola Photon 4G (rooted as well) with Barnacle WIFI tether. The Photon creates an adhoc network.
I have installed ZT-180 adhoc switcher on my Galaxy Tab and can not seem to get it to connect to my phone for tethering. I have made sure the SSID on both the ZT-180 app on the tab and the tethering app (Barnacle) match.
In the ZT-180 app on my Galaxy Tab 10.1 WIFI only, I switch from infrastructure mode to adhoc and it will not connect nor does it seem to do anything.
When I switch back to infrastructure mode it will connect to my home internet but switching to adhoc mode does nothing. Barnacle WIFI tethering on my phone is running and I can confirm I can connect to a computer for access. I have disabled WEP security just to be sure.
I know this topic has been discussed before but I could not seem to find the answers so I came here.
I hope you all can help a brother out.
Thanks again!
-Matt
Anyone?
Edit* i was able to connect my phone and tab via bluetooth and turn on Barnacle tether and it works. Thanks
hi fellows
i just installed a 4g device in my laptop for internet access. It working fine. Next i made the laptop a hotspot via adhoc connection and after that though internet is fine but i am unable to connect my samsung sii via wifi with it. Even though a friends iphone connected to my lappys hotspot but my phone doesn't and neither does it show that a hotspot/ wifi connections exists.
help
Ad Hoc was designed only for local connections, not Internet.
Use Connectify to make hotspot.
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hi fellows
i just installed a 4g device in my laptop for internet access. It working fine. Next i made the laptop a hotspot via adhoc connection and after that though internet is fine but i am unable to connect my samsung sii via wifi with it. Even though a friends iphone connected to my lappys hotspot but my phone doesn't and neither does it show that a hotspot/ wifi connections exists.
help
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You need to setup a virtual router or if your laptop has a router you can share net via that, originally custom roms does not support ad hoc, but certain roms are modified to enable it.
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I thank those who give helpful comments
I expect the same from others.
Router has wlan infrastructure mode, not adhoc. It doesn't matter if the ROM supports it or not.
Hey guys,
I am currently really desperately looking for a way to get Internet from my DSL-enabled Notebook to my Galaxy S2 and my Asus TF700T Tablet. I am in Finnland on a hotel so I don't have 3g here.
So the facts:
My Laptop has a Wifi Bigfoot Wirless n 1103 network card without Bluetooth.
First I tried to do is setting up a Virtual Wireless Hotspot which kind of worked, but only for a few moments. Got a connection on both devices but then the Hotspot somehow disappeared. Don't know why. Maybe it is due to the Network Card, which is built for good gaming performance over Wifi.
Anyone an idea whats wrong with my Virtual Wifi Hotspot?
Next thing I tried is to set up an Ad Hoc- Wifinetwork over the PC which kind of worked, but both Android devices can't see ad hoc networks and there seemed to be no working wpa_supplicant for jellybean. Both Android devices are on PAranoidAndroid 2.99 by the way and the Laptop is on Win 7.
Does anyone know a way to enable this to see Ad Hoc Wifi networks?
So next thing I tried is Tethering over USB with Android Reverse Tethering which worked for the Tablet but not for the Galaxy S2 for a reason I dont know.
So does anyone know, why it does not work on the S2?
Next I tried setting up a Wifi Hotspot on the Tablet with the app Wifi Tether which kind of worked, but unfortunately this is an ad hoc network which again my Galaxy S2 can't see.
Does anyone know an app that creates an infrasturctured Wifi Hotspot instead of ad hoc?
Then I tried setting up Bluetooth Tethering from Tablet to GS2 which I didn't got to work (Connection established but don't know how to get the Internet working then.
Anyone got an idea about this?
Anything else I could try?
I really didn't believe that this is so hard to do
Since Bluetooth Tethering is not available for connecting Phone to Tablet when WiFi is not available, how do I do it?
There are still many places without WiFi and with Bluetooth Tethering, I was able to use my WiFi only tablet.
So since I am told only a few use Bluetooth for Tethering, how do I make contact with my Tablet when I am in my car or at a place that does not offer WiFi?
I need a way to connect directly between these devices, is there a method to do this with some sort of cable connection?
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I need a way to connect directly between these devices
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You didn't elaborate in sufficient detail to give us a clear idea of why, when and how you wish to connect. But you have four options to investigate. Wifi, data, USB and bluetooth.
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cyaclone said:
Since Bluetooth Tethering is not available for connecting Phone to Tablet when WiFi is not available, how do I do it?
There are still many places without WiFi and with Bluetooth Tethering, I was able to use my WiFi only tablet.
So since I am told only a few use Bluetooth for Tethering, how do I make contact with my Tablet when I am in my car or at a place that does not offer WiFi?
I need a way to connect directly between these devices, is there a method to do this with some sort of cable connection?
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Can't you just use WiFi Tethering? Which tablet is it? What exactly are you trying to achieve?
I will try and explain: I am in my car and want to tether to my WiFi tablet. While in the car, I do not have a WiFi connection and have previously used Bluetooth Tethering to accomplish this connection. Since the Bluetooth tethering is not available, how do I make contact with the tablet when there is no WiFi?
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I will try and explain: I am in my car and want to tether to my WiFi tablet. While in the car, I do not have a WiFi connection and have previously used Bluetooth Tethering to accomplish this connection. Since the Bluetooth tethering is not available, how do I make contact with the tablet when there is no WiFi?
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Turn your phone into a WiFi hotspot. Use the WiFi tethering on your s5. You will then see the WiFi network on your tablet and you can connect to it.
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Thanks I'll try that and see what happens.