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Any app out there to get internet from your PC? Opposite of phone tethering?

Hello everyone. First let me explain that I have a capped data plan since I'm surrounded by wifi besides work.
Now here is my question. On my old tilt and tilt 2 which were windows based were capable of getting internet from simply plugging them into a PC via USB. The phone would then use internet from the computer itself.
I have a galasxy s (captivate) . Are there any apps to do such a feat?
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I might have completely misunderstood what your saying, but could you not turn the wifi on from your phone and connect to them?

Wifi is not allowed at my work. Sorry should have said that.
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SlimJ87D said:
Hello everyone. First let me explain that I have a capped data plan since I'm surrounded by wifi besides work.
Now here is my question. On my old tilt and tilt 2 which were windows based were capable of getting internet from simply plugging them into a PC via USB. The phone would then use internet from the computer itself.
I have a galasxy s (captivate) . Are there any apps to do such a feat?
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i hope you are using windows 7 on your laptop...if you are,then download 'connectify'...its easy to set up and will turn your laptop into a wifi hotspot so that you can use your laptops internet connection on your phone... cheers

Its possible
It is possible. But there is a but.
It is a standard feature of HTC sync.... To connect your device to your laptop and use its internet connection.
So....I guess someone have to extract that functionality and pack it into something that works on all devices...
I use it quite a lot.. And I have removed sense from my revolution rom with a script from desire forum.
Good luck

hey all!!
Even ill like to know abt it!
I have a cablenet connection at my house and no wifi !
So any way to connect my samsung galaxy 3 to to my pc via usb and use the cablenet on my mobile?
i searched for it on google and ended up in a forum which i dont remember exactly , but had given steps to connect my mobile to pc which included bridging my cablenet connection and mobiles connection and a long list of steps!!!
but as soon as i bridged those connections my cablenet gets disconnected and doesnt connect back!!!
so would like your help guys!!!
Gaurang

sounds like usb tethering?

I would also like a solution to this.

i did this @ my home..I have cablenet on desktop and CM7 on my mobile and used my xp desktop as the wifi hotspot and now I could connect my laptop and mobile to it ...not a prob at all

vijaykirann said:
i did this @ my home..I have cablenet on desktop and CM7 on my mobile and used my xp desktop as the wifi hotspot and now I could connect my laptop and mobile to it ...not a prob at all
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Did you even bother to read the original post?
We all know we can use the desktop wifi to connect our mobiles.

[Q] using optimus one to connect internet to pc

hi all,
i have a optimus one, am from india, vodafone connection. I want to use optimus one as modem for my pc, i called up vodafone customer care people and they told me the settings for LGE usb modem. Even after try many times, i am still not able to connect to internet. Its giving "unable to connect to remote host".
I told this issue to vodafone customer care team, but they were saying that there is some issue with using android mobiles as modem for pc.
has anyone here successfully connected internet to PC using android device?

And you want use it for PC or notebook ??

USB Tethering
Go to Wireless & Networks
tethering & portable hotspot
USB tethering
This will create a connection to the internet through your phone.
Cheers !

smart2smart said:
Go to Wireless & Networks
tethering & portable hotspot
USB tethering
This will create a connection to the internet through your phone.
Cheers !
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Thanks, it worked.
Sometimes we dont use the features provided in our devices. This thing was so simple and i was using the stone age method to connect to internet.
Cheers!

U can use pda net application to connect u r phone to pc if u face problems like disconnecting in usb tethering
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Hi, sorry for bumping old thread I am stuck in this my pc says limited connectivity or unable to connect, do i need to configure the WPA2 encryption i tried open encryption but it did not work.

nancyfromafrica said:
Hi, sorry for bumping old thread I am stuck in this my pc says limited connectivity or unable to connect, do i need to configure the WPA2 encryption i tried open encryption but it did not work.
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are you able to browse on mobile? how are you connecting to PC? i believe you might have read about teethering step above. use the USB option for PC or wifi option for Laptops. it should work out without issues normally.

[Q] solved - connect with wifi dongle to pc internet connection

how can i do that? thx

Do you mean you want your phone to share its internet via wifi tethering?
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no, i mean access internet from pc, via wireless usb dongle

Might want to be a bit more specific there. From what you're saying, it sounds like you're trying to do what bedalus said.
If what you mean is that you want to access your wired internet service wirelessly to your phone, you're going to need to pick up a wireless router or something.

asharptm said:
Might want to be a bit more specific there. From what you're saying, it sounds like you're trying to do what bedalus said.
If what you mean is that you want to access your wired internet service wirelessly to your phone, you're going to need to pick up a wireless router or something.
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The second part is true, i want to access the wired internet service and i have an wireless usb dongle(adaptor), also i want to share files with pc wireless.

What PS do u have? With Windows 7 you can create an ad-hoc under network sharing center -> set Up a Connection or Network -> Set up a wireless ad hockey (computer-to-computer) network. Then you can just follow the instructions on the pc
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evil_fish said:
What PS do u have? With Windows 7 you can create an ad-hoc under network sharing center -> set Up a Connection or Network -> Set up a wireless ad hockey (computer-to-computer) network. Then you can just follow the instructions on the pc
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i created an adhoc connection, but the phone don't see it, also i read that that nexus s cannot do adhoc connections, it is true?

geo741 said:
i created an adhoc connection, but the phone don't see it, also i read that that nexus s cannot do adhoc connections, it is true?
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Yes you are right. Nexus s does not support ad hoc. I am sorry, I did not know that. This is weird even iDevices support it.
You can try ZT180 adhoc switcher from the market. But I cannot guarantee it will work. Because I have not tried it by myself.
Another option is using Connectify from windows 7 PC. I don't know about apple PCs. But connectify can turn your windows 7 PC into a real access point router. Not just a ad-hoc.
Well the last option is get a wifi router. What internet do you use? I am sure you can have a wifi router for all internet connections. NO matter you have ADSL, Broadband(Ethernet? I don't really know how to call it) even 3g or 4g connection can be wifi-routered! You just need to pick a correct device since NS does not support ad-hoc.
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I found connectify and it works great. Thank you!

That is great! Enjoy your nexus s!
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thank you!

I use connectify v3, but the connection doesn't have network access, and my i9020(m200k) can find and connect the access point, it's just cann't visit any website...
Can anyone help me? thanks
Sorry about my English.
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iliuweiming said:
I use connectify v3, but the connection doesn't have network access, and my i9020(m200k) can find and connect the access point, it's just cann't visit any website...
Can anyone help me? thanks
Sorry about my English.
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Under "Password" field in Connectify , you have an option "Internet". There you can select your internet connection to share. Hope that works!

I mean i select the win7 default connection " Local Area Connection", and set it to shared, but the Connectify connection (access point) doesn't have network access, i don't know why, i tried almost 10 times, it just doesn't work.
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Update: I think i solved it, i just turn off the firewall of ESET and windows, and it works fine, thank u guys

[Q] wifi hotspot

Hi all,
Wondering if anyone knows of an Android app that will allow me to share the lan connection on my tablet via wifi?
Have looked at lots of hotspot type apps but the vast majority are simple shortcuts to an exisiting wifi hotspot function that shares the mobile data connection.
Seems daft to me that I have lan and wifi on my tablet but I'm looking at an ap to connect my other devices!
Thanks
Jin

I didnt understand what u said
If u want to share ur tab net to other use wifi hotspot
If u have wifi connection u can connect via wifi
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Are you trying to tether your data connection or do you mean using your tablet as a hub for an existing wifi connection?
What phone do you have?
What carrier?
Did you root your phone?
Have you flashed a new ROM?
Sorry but you were rather vague in your post.
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Ok thanks. To clarify my tablet (not phone and therefore no carrier involved) has both ethernet and wifi I would like to use the ethernet to connect to my network/internet and then broadcast that connection via wifi.
This is exactly the same thing a normal wifi hotspot does except it broadcasts the mobile data connection as opposed to a wired connection.
The tablet has been flashed with Tims 6 ROM

Don't now if it's possible. On phone it;s not possible to share be a hotspot when you're on wifi. I guess it uses the same piece of hardware. That might also be the case for you with the LAN.
BTW try talking to this guy :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1735708
he had sort of the same question perhaps he figured it out?
edit: This is also you i now see.. never mind

jontp2 said:
Ok thanks. To clarify my tablet (not phone and therefore no carrier involved) has both ethernet and wifi I would like to use the ethernet to connect to my network/internet and then broadcast that connection via wifi.
This is exactly the same thing a normal wifi hotspot does except it broadcasts the mobile data connection as opposed to a wired connection.
The tablet has been flashed with Tims 6 ROM
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How do you have your tablet connected to the internet, wireless or wired? If wired, how did you do that? If it's wireless, you're just using your tablet as a signal booster.
What i'm confused on is if you connected your tablet wireless and want to connect other devices to your tablet's "wifi" which in essence is wifi, why can't that device connect to the same internet as your tablet?
I think we're all a bit confused on what you're trying to accomplish.

Sorry folks struggling here with what you don't get (not being smart just confused)
I have an Android tablet that has both wifi and an ethernet connection, I connect to my network via ethernet and want to use that connection to then create a wifi hotspot for my other devices to connect to.
I already do this with my win7 laptop and am looking for an app to do the same on the tablet.
If my terminology is correct I need to bridge the lan connection to the wifi adapter?

[Q] WiFi Hotspot

Dear All,
I am currently using a Windows Vista based laptop with a Intel WiFi Link 5100 AGN wireless card in it with updated drivers. Now whenever I try connect using connectify to make a wireless hotspot it does create a hotspot, but on my android handset I can't find any wifi network in range. Pls suggest a way to reverse tether my phone with my pc without the need of rooting the phone. I am currently using a Android v4.0.I am using internet through a USB Data Card.
Thanx All.

hat2708 said:
Dear All,
I am currently using a Windows Vista based laptop with a Intel WiFi Link 5100 AGN wireless card in it with updated drivers. Now whenever I try connect using connectify to make a wireless hotspot it does create a hotspot, but on my android handset I can't find any wifi network in range. Pls suggest a way to reverse tether my phone with my pc without the need of rooting the phone. I am currently using a Android v4.0.I am using internet through a USB Data Card.
Thanx All.
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your going to have to root it to be able to tether pc to your phone or phone to pc.

use "pda net+" for usb theathring wifi hot spot as wel as bluetooth theathring.

There's another app called FoxFi that claims to handle wifi tether w/out root. But I've never used it ,and i'm not sure if it works to tether in either direction, but worth a quick look .... (can't post a link cuz i'm not >10 posts yet)