Questions tagged [mobile-hotspot]
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How can I enable the Windows Mobile Hotspot via PowerShell?
I'm seeking assistance with enabling the Mobile Hotspot feature on Windows 11 through PowerShell. My Wi-Fi adapter does not support the traditional hostednetwork feature used by the netsh wlan ...
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4G WiFi dongle only works with certain power sources
I have a USB 4G dongle that broadcasts a WiFi hotspot.
When plugged into a laptop, or a wall socket USB charger, it works and broadcasts a network.
When plugged into a car USB or cigarette lighter-USB ...
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Can a virus be transferred from a device to a mobile hotspot/router, then from the hotspot/router to other devices? [duplicate]
If a device (e.g. a smartphone, tablet, or laptop) is infected with a virus, can this virus be spread from the device to the router/hotspot the device is connected to, then from the router/hotspot to ...
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Windows 10 Wi-Fi hotspot on/off
I use my Wi-Fi mobile hotspot frequently. Is it possible to set it up to turn on/off at set times of day? Is it possible to set it to turn on when specified Wi-Fi devices, such as phones or laptops, ...
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I want to share my VPN internet to other devices on Windows 11 (without `Hosted Network Supported`)(Newer generation modules)
I wish to share my internet over my Laptop PC. Currently, we use ISP to connect to the internet, then we use VPN/Proxy to access the global network.
The Issue I have is on the old time, I would use a ...
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Any way to use DNS/mDNS with Windows Mobile Hotspot?
Windows 11 provides the feature "Mobile Hotspot", which I use to connect my Android phone and PC and share files on FTP/SFTP (PC establishes the connection to the Android SFTP server).
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Windows to Android - Hotspot doesn't work properly
I have a laptop A running Windows 10, and a phone B running android.
I have ethernet connected to A, which runs properly with high speeds.
I turn on hotspot on A and turn on wifi on B, and connect. ...
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Why doesn't my Win10 laptop automatically connect to my iPhone hotspot?
I have a laptop running Win10 and an iPhone 6. My home internet connection often disconnects due to a problem with the ISP (they're working on it). But I have my iPhone hotspot on all the time and my ...
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Mobile Hotspot from laptop to phone results in not being able to browse on laptop
I get internet on my laptop from an ethernet connection and want to share that connection with my phone through the Mobile Hotspot feature on Windows 10. The moment I turn on the hotspot (even before ...
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Using Windows Mobile Hotspot and WSL2 or WSA at the same time
I'm running WSL2 with Ubuntu 20.04 on Windows (10.0.22000.527). My WSL2 kernel is at 5.10.16.
When I open Windows Mobile Hotspot, WSL can no longer connect to the network. After stopping the Hotspot, ...
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Windows 10 keeps asking me to sign into my Android hotspot, which works fine elsewhere
I'm trying to connect my Windows 10 desktop computer to my Android 8 mobile hotspot for internet, but the connection keeps asking me to log into the network, so I can't get internet. Connecting my ...
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How can I make Windows download updates
My internet connection is my phone - my laptop connects via its hotspot.
I have allowed Windows to download updates over metered connections and updates are not paused.
It says "Updates are ...
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Make mobile hotspot's wifi appear as mobile data in windows 10
A windows application starts downloading large files when connected to wifi irrespective of what user choose. When connected to mobile data, the application downloads only when user select/allow.
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LTE signal troubleshooting
I am planning to install an LTE router in my apartment, since there is no cable access. There are two LTE towers in the vicinity, one is 1150m (3770ft) away, the other 2550m (8370ft). Both have a line ...
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Issues Accessing Apache Server Hosted Over Mobile Data Network
I have an Apache server configured to serve files which works fine when I set Apache to listen on 127.0.0.1:* or 0.0.0.0:*. I can access the site from the local machines browser either with localhost ...
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why can not find exactly one wifi while all other are visible in `available wifi`?
I am trying to use wifi(HOME_WIFI) created using mobile hotspot(xiaomi). My OS is windows 10, at first i successfully connected and used smoothly. Then suddenly can not find the HOME_WIFI anymore. ...
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Turn on Windows Mobile hotspot without Internet or use Loopback adapter only
I try to use Windows Mobile hotspot to connect technical device with my notebook. It's working, but only if the notebook has connection to Internet. I need to use this configuration without Internet ...
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Clients cannot connect to Windows 10 Mobile Hotspot: How to completely reset configuration?
Windows 10 Mobile hotspot studdenly stopped working: I can enable it but clients cannot connect any more: They do not net an IP address assigned. On the other hand, no connected devices show up in "...
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Can't ping from windows to linux laptop in different network
I have a windows 10 laptop connected to mobile hotspot and my rhel 8 laptop connected to my wifi,
when i ping from my windows laptop to linux laptop getting request timed out.It might be a silly ...
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Advertise to clients of Wifi router that the WiFi internet connection is metered
Is it possible to have a Wifi router advertise that the Wifi is connected to internet over a metered connection (over a 4G usb dongle)?
I know it's possible on client to set that the connection is ...
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My internet is not working properly
I use wifi on my Windows 10 using my mobile hotspot. Recently, the connection stopped working properly. Some of the sites like - Facebook, Youtube, ilovepdf.com, support.hp.com are working. Other ...
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Significance of installsheildapplicationupdate.exe in C:/programfiles
I deleted a folder called installshieldappupdate (don't remember the name exactly) from C:/programfiles (I don't remember if it was x86 one or not) which only contained a small exe file which didn't ...
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How can I make Windows 10 use the same DNS which is used on my phone?
I would like to know, how can I make Windows 10 use the same DNS which my phone is using?
I use my phone as a hotspot and even if I change my DNS to the one that I want to use, the laptop does not ...
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How to increase number of devices on a mobile hotspot?
I set up a mobile hotspot. According to the admin panel, I can only allow up to 8 devices to connect to it.
How do I increase the maximum number of connected devices from 8 devices to 20 devices?
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Can't ping when Mobile Hotspot is enable
In Windows 10, when Mobile Hotspot feature is enabled, my PC become unreachable in the network and can't even Ping on my IP.
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Internet is not connected in Mobile Hotspot
I used Mobile Hotspot feature of Windows 10 and I can connect to my network.
There is however no internet connection with clients which connect to this Mobile Hotspot.
How can I Troubleshoot this ...
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