cellphone hotspot + desktop

Rangerscott · 04-18-2013, 06:51 PM

Still waiting on a company to get to the town I live in for service so I thought about activating verizon hotspot on my htc rezound. How would I go to get my desktop to connect? I have a Dlink DIR-655 router. Will that work or does that just send out wifi and not recieve?

Since turning on 4G, I can get up to 10mb/5mb speeds.

njchopper87 · 04-18-2013, 07:33 PM

Do you only want your desktop to connect? USB tethering would probably be the easiest route. You could also put a wireless NIC in your desktop.

If you wanted to go through the router I found this link on google.

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/foru...zon-mifi-2200/

Apparently there are some pretty cheap routers/repeaters out there that can do this if yours can't. You can also USB tether to routers apparently.

fasternyou929 · 04-18-2013, 08:10 PM

Download the PDANet App (not available on AT&T's Google Play network, not sure about Verizon). Worst case scenario, you just download it via your PC and copy it to your phone. Then all you need is a USB cable to connect your phone to your PC and you're browsing the web.

Note: PDANet is only necessary if Verizon doesn't allow or charges for tethering, and you want to get around it.

Rangerscott · 04-18-2013, 10:10 PM

Ok. I activated verizons tethering and it works, but then the connection just quits after a couple of minutes. As soon as I pull the usb cord the connection is fine on my phone. Hotspot seems to work fine.

dubbs · 04-19-2013, 10:03 AM

Try using Foxfi - its an app you can download for your android - won't cost you anything either. Makes ur phone into a wifi access point.

Rangerscott · 04-19-2013, 02:48 PM

Wifi works fine. I need wired tethering to work.

dubbs · 04-19-2013, 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rangerscott

Wifi works fine. I need wired tethering to work.

Why? Whats the benefit over wireless?

Rangerscott · 04-19-2013, 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dubbs

Why? Whats the benefit over wireless?

How many desktops come with wifi prebuilt into them or even when you build it yourself?

marko138 · 04-19-2013, 03:16 PM

PDANet works and you don't have to pay that redic fee to the cell company.

shmike · 04-19-2013, 03:28 PM

What company still charges for tethering? I thought that went away with all these new 10-devices-on-one-plan plans?

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fasternyou929 SFL Expatriate #2 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC Moto: CBR1000 Posts: 2,043	Download the PDANet App (not available on AT&T's Google Play network, not sure about Verizon). Worst case scenario, you just download it via your PC and copy it to your phone. Then all you need is a USB cable to connect your phone to your PC and you're browsing the web. Note: PDANet is only necessary if Verizon doesn't allow or charges for tethering, and you want to get around it.

04-18-2013, 10:10 PM	#4
Rangerscott Viff6N Mutated Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N Posts: 8,704	Ok. I activated verizons tethering and it works, but then the connection just quits after a couple of minutes. As soon as I pull the usb cord the connection is fine on my phone. Hotspot seems to work fine.

04-19-2013, 02:48 PM	#6
Rangerscott Viff6N Mutated Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N Posts: 8,704	Wifi works fine. I need wired tethering to work.