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Questions tagged [tethering]

Tethering means using a mobile device (like a smartphone) which acts as a bridge to provide access to other network equipment or internet access in general.

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Is Bluetooth tethering slower than WiFi?

I'm tethering a Galaxy Nexus (running Android 4.0) with my Macbook Pro (2009 model, running Mac OS X 10.7). What's the difference between Bluetooth and WiFi tethering in terms of: latency bandwidth power consumption on the phone? I understand…
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Tethering on Windows 7?

Is there an option in Windows 7 (or 3rd party) to offer Tethering (that is, act as a WiFi hotspot while being connected to a WiFi network?)
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Why can't Win7 remember my tether? New Connection Setup every time

In Win7 when you connect to a new network you're prompted to set it as a Home, Work, or Public connection. Presumably this influences default security settings. That's all well and good, except for the part that everytime I USB tether my smartphone…
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Fastest way to bluetooth tether a phone in Windows 8

As a web developer, connecting my laptop computer to the internet via bluetooth with my iphone is something I do several times a day. Is there an easy way to do this in Windows 8 that I'm missing? It seems like the sort of thing that would be…
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Why is USB tethering much slower than Wi-Fi tethering?

In my area, my home Internet will often go down due to storms. At these times, I need to tether using my 4G LTE mobile phone, which gets decent speeds of around 10 Mb/s for download and similar for upload. While USB tethering, my download speeds on…
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iPhone tethering via USB not working

I can't get USB tethering to work. My setup: iMac with Mac OS 10.6.2 iPhone 3G, Sofware version 3.1.2 (Build 7D11) The phone shows up in iTunes and syncing works as it should. I went to System Preferences / Network and added the iPhone as a…
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RNDIS Connection Lag On Windows, Not Linux

I have two Android smartphones that can provide their internet connection to a computer over USB via the RNDIS (Remote Network Device Interface Specification) protocol. I also have two computers dual-booting Windows 7 Ultimate and some flavor of…
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How to turn my Linux netbook into WiFi AP

I'm trying find out how to make a linux (Fuduntu) netbook with two network interfaces a wireless access point and act as router and share internet connection for a WiFi tablet. one interface is connected to inet, eth0 (wired), other eth1 is WiFi …
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How to let Windows 7 laptop provide an internet connection to my Android?

Google didn't help me at all on this. I have a Samsung Galaxy S mobile phone, running Android 2.3.3. I'm wondering whether it's possible to have my laptop providing an internet connection for it. I guess a sort of tethering, but…
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Reverse USB Tethering of Android Marshmallow phone to allow sharing PC internet with my Android version 6 Phone

Problem My Windows 10 PC has an Internet connection. My Android phone does not have Internet connection. Almost every suggestion on the internet is too old to work. Question How can I share my PC's internet with an Android phone running Marshmallow…
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How to script Bluetooth on/off and Tethering on Snow Leopard

The Bluetooth / Tethering features in OSX are excellent. But they could be a little bit better. Is there a way to script (via AppleScript?) turning the bluetooth radio on and off, so that I could bind it into a key. No reason to drain battery while…
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Is there a way to do WiFi tethering on my Android and do port forwarding for my PC from the Android device?

Is there a way to do WiFi tethering on my Android and do port forwarding for my PC from the Android device? What I mean is: Internet --> Android Android has the port forwarding to PC (XAMPP) PC running XAMPP --> Android Android -->…
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Limiting network connections to specific sites when travelling / tethered (in windows)

I often find myself accessing the Internet while travelling via either (gasp) dial-up or via a very limited data plan on a cell phone. I'd like to make sure that my laptop does not use the network connection for routine but unessential tasks [backup…
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I want to monitor and limit OS X's data transfer while I'm tethering via my iPhone

So, I have an iPhone with Sprint service. They offer a mobile hotspot add-on option. Sprint will offer me 5GB of data transfer under this plan, but then they will charge me extra. Specifically, they will charge me $0.05/megabyte. Now, I'm perfectly…
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Issue in internet sharing (ethernet) to Android device in Mavericks

I have installed HoRNDIS driver on my Mavericks and my phone is displayed on network preferences (with green connected icon). The issue is I cannot get access to the internet. I shared the ethernet connection (from sharing preferences) and after…
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