How to distribute Wi-Fi from a tablet on Android? Decisions and instructions

Summer: Cottage, the sun and rest far from the noisy city can overshadow the lack of the Internet. But, thanks to 3G and LTE (4G) technologies, today you can use all the “benefits of civilization” without the acquisition of a special modem. If you want to watch the match of the European Football Championship not on the small screen of your tablet or smartphone, but on a laptop, which you also took with you to the country, you can use the decision below.

There are several ways to use a tablet or smartphone based on Android to distribute the Internet to other devices. It can be used as a Wi-Fi, USB or Bluetooth access point-a modem. In this article, we will dwell in more detail on the settings of the Wi-Fi access point, but we will also talk about other solutions.

Create a Wi-Fi access point on a tablet

Wi-Fi distribution with a smartphone or tablet equipped with a SIM card is a rather popular way to transmit the Internet to such devices that do not have the ability to support SIM cards. If you decide to create an access point for a Wi-Fi network from your mobile device, you must understand that in this case you need to choose an unlimited tariff for the Internet from your cell operator.

1. We go to "Settings"We click "More" And choose "Modem mode"
2. We translate using a slider "Wi-Fi access point" In active mode
3. We go to "Settings of the Wi-Fi access point" and select the type of protection "WPA PSK"
4. We set the password
5. If you are not afraid that someone can connect to your wi-fi, you can turn off the protection
6. Enter the name of the network. It is necessary to choose it from the list of networks

At the end, do not forget to press the preservation. All Wi-Fi has been created.

We set up Wi-Fi parameters

On some devices running the Android operating system, the function “Auto Determination of the access point” is active. She disconnects the distribution of the Internet after a while. This is very inconvenient if you decide to move away from your device with which you accept the Internet, and then you want to accept it again, you will have to turn on Wi-Fi at the access point.

In order to disable this function, you need to go into the access point settings and turn off this function. On some devices you need to choose "Always enabled".

We connect to the distributed Wi-Fi

After our Wi-Fi access point is configured, you need to connect to it from the device from which you want to receive the Internet. If this is a laptop or desktop PC with a Wi-Fi receiver based on Windows, then:

1. Go to "Network parameters" and find a Wi-Fi network that was set up
2. Click "Connect" and enter the password (if required)
3. If everything has done correctly, then the network you have chosen will have status "Connected"
4. You can go to the browser and use the unlimited Wi-Fi Internet

Important: not all tariffs of mobile operators can be used to convert to transform 3G or 4G Communications in Wi-Fi Connection for other devices. So popular tariff from MTS Smart Nonstop Blocks such access. And when using the tariff from Yota The speed drops to minimal values. Therefore, before creating your wireless network in the above way, specify the capabilities of your tariff.

Other ways: USB- and Bluetooth modem

In addition to distributing the Internet by means of Wi-Fi connection, for this purpose you can use Bluetooth connection or use a mobile device as USB modem. This use of a smartphone or tablet with a SIM card for distribution of the Internet is also very easy to configure.

We use the tablet as a Bluetooth modem

• We go to "Settings", chapter "More. . . " And turn on "Modem mode". Then we choose not "Wi-Fi access point", A Bluetooth modem
• We turn on the Bluetooth interface in the device on which you want to accept the Internet and search for nearby devices with Bluetooth. When he finds your mobile device, synchronize them and give permission to use the device as a Bluetooth modem
• Then we go on a laptop or desktop PC in the section "Devices and printers" and select (with the right button, call the context menu) "Connect through" — "Access point". And choose a Bluetooth modem

Important: according to the program SpeedTest The highest data transfer speed guarantees Wi-Fi connection. In second place is the USB modem, and Bluetooth is the connection only in third place. Moreover, the gap with the second is significant.

We use the tablet as a USB modem

• A smartphone or tablet can be directly connected to a computer or laptop and used as a USB modem. To do this, we connect it to any USB port and wait until the operating system will detect the device
• Modern Windows operating systems are capable of installing the driver’s external devices necessary for the normal operation of the external devices. But, if this does not happen, it is necessary to first install them on your own
• We activate the USB modem mode in the tablet settings. The computer operating system will create a new connection. We activate it in the section "Network connections". We go to the browser and use the Internet

Important: as mentioned above, the USB connection loses through the speed of a Wi-Fi connection. But, at the same time, it is more energy efficient. In addition, the speed of such a connection is affected by the cable used to connect the external device (modem) and the computer. For this purpose, it is better to use the cable that was sold complete with your gadget.

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