Give Wi-Fi to another phone. How to distribute mobile Internet from a smartphone via Wi-Fi? We set up an access point (Wi-Fi router) on a phone with Android OS. Other ways to distribute mobile traffic

Connect your phone, tablet or other device to high speed internet, connected to the house, can be done without any problems through a Wi-Fi router (router). However, such a device is not always at hand (for example, you went to the country, taking a laptop and wireless usb modem). In such cases, you can use the Internet on a mobile gadget through a laptop computer, assigning the functions of a router to it. Let's look at how to make a laptop a Wifi access point.

Methods for creating a wireless access point

Any modern laptop is equipped wireless adapter, which can be used as a Wi-Fi router. To do this, it is necessary to create a kind of virtual bridge connecting each other network hardware (Wi-Fi adapter and network card).

To obtain such routing, you can use the following tools:

• using standard Windows OS tools ( graphical application“Network and Sharing Center...”, command line or bat file);
• additional software.

Whatever method is chosen, the following conditions must be met:

Creating a Wireless Access Point Using the Windows Menu

The easiest way to create a virtual router is to use the “Network Center...” function built into the OS. To do this you need:

After a virtual router has been created, in order to successfully use the Internet through it, you may additionally need to enable public access. This is done as follows:

After all the steps are completed, turn on Wi-Fi on the mobile gadget and start the search available networks. In the drop-down list, select the name of the network that was specified during creation virtual Wi-Fi router, and indicate the specified key.

Creating Wi-Fi access via the command line

To connect your phone to the Internet via a laptop, that is, using a virtual router, you can also use command line. This procedure It may seem complicated to an inexperienced user, however, by strictly following the instructions, you will be able to turn on the Wi-Fi hotspot in just a few minutes.

To start distributing wifi from your laptop to your phone, you need to:

To distribute the Internet via a laptop computer to a phone or other device, you need to enable shared access to the newly created Wi-Fi point. To do this, go to the section “ Network connections"and call up the properties of the network through which the Internet is connected to the laptop. After that, in the “Advanced” tab, check the box next to the corresponding item, and in the drop-down list, select the name of the created virtual router.

Using a bat file

Creating a Wi-Fi access point via the command line is inconvenient because every time you turn off the PC you need to re-enter all the commands. Therefore, this method of turning a laptop computer into a router can only be used for a one-time Internet connection to a phone.

The execution of the above commands can be fully automated. To do this, you need in standard text Windows editor write a small script, and then save the document on the laptop desktop under any name in .bat format. To start distributing Wi-Fi using a virtual router to your phone, you just need to run this document with administrator rights. An example of a script is shown in the figure, where YourSSID and YourPassword are the name wireless connection and the access key to it.

Creating a virtual router using additional software

If none of the above methods helped activate Internet distribution on your phone, you can try creating a virtual Wi-Fi router using special software. There are quite a lot of similar utilities on the Internet, but among them the most convenient are:

• MyPublicWiFi;
• Connectify.

Wi-Fi distribution using MyPublicWiFi

This application is absolutely free and has a user-friendly interface, although foreign language. With it, you can make a Wi-Fi access point in just a few clicks:

Creating a Wi-Fi hotspot using Connectify

The MyPublicWiFi utility may experience problems if the Internet is connected to the laptop not via a cable, but via a USB modem. In this case, it is better to use the Connectify application. There is a paid and free version of this program. For periodic use, the second option is sufficient. To enable Wi-Fi distribution from a PC to a phone using Connectify, you must:

Possible difficulties when creating a Wi-Fi access point

While creating new point Wi-Fi access users quite often encounter minor difficulties. The table shows the most common problems, which may prevent you from distributing the Internet from a laptop, and possible ways their decisions.

The essence of the problem	The reason behind this	Possible Solution
The phone cannot locate the Wi-Fi network, although it is running	Blocking the connection by an installed antivirus or firewall	Temporarily disable your firewall or antivirus program
The Internet does not work on the phone, although Wi-Fi is connected	The user forgot to enable sharing when setting up	Login to Network and Sharing Center shared access"and enable sharing
	The connection is blocked by a firewall or antivirus program	Disable online protection temporarily
The message “The network could not be started” pops up.	The wireless adapter is disabled on the laptop	Turn on Wi-Fi in your laptop settings
	Drivers for the adapter do not work correctly	Update drivers using the disk that came with your PC or the Internet

A smartphone is a functional gadget that can not only make calls, play audio files, but also distribute Wi-Fi. This article will talk about how to distribute Wi-fi from your phone.

To begin with, it is worth saying that the steps described below may differ depending on the different devices. Let's get straight to the point.

How to distribute Wi-Fi?

You need to go to your phone settings and select the item called “Other networks” (it may have a different name). If this item is missing on your device, then you need to carefully search for it in other sections. The next step is to open the “Modem and access point” subsection. It may be called “Modem Mode”, etc. Next, you should activate the “Portable Access Point” function (this is done by activating the switch).

If everything is done correctly, a message indicating that Wi-Fi is enabled will appear on the screen. You need to confirm the activation using a special button. Now you can distribute Wi-Fi from your phone to your Lenovo tablet and other gadgets. To view the password, open the “Portable Access Point” item. Information about the connection will be available here, including the set symbol combination.

Results:

Distributing Wi-Fi from your phone is very convenient, since you can, for example, connect to an access point using a tablet and use fast Internet.

If you have any questions, write in the comments.

Since I am not an owner or fan of Apple products, I will only talk about working with a smartphone based on . You will need to do several simple actions.

Phone setup

On your smartphone, go to Settings (parameters) and look for the “Networks” item, then look for the “Shared modem” or simply “Modem” item there. Naturally, we choose it.

On other phones this feature may be slightly hidden. Try looking in the network settings for the item « Wireless network» (and most likely you will need to click the “More” button) and there you will find the “WI-FI router” or “Modem” item. In any case, this function is somewhere here.

Note! There are also 2 more points here. The USB modem is not yet active because there is no connection. But if you connect your phone via a USB cable, the setting will become active and thus you will be able to use the Internet on your laptop.

Well, Bluetooth, as you already understood, is needed to connect to a device via Bluetooth. But I don't like this method at all.

Next, you need to indicate what your WI-FI network will be called. You can leave it as it is, but if you want, change it to make it more convenient for you. After that, we come up with a password so that the neighbors do not dare to connect to us, and, in principle, you don’t need anything else. Click “Save”.

And of course, the most important thing is that you must have it turned on on your smartphone. Mobile Internet, otherwise all our manipulations are meaningless. If Wi-Fi is activated on your smartphone, it will automatically turn off, because the power comes from mobile network 3G or 4G.

Setting up a computer or laptop

Well, now the matter remains small. We need to find a wireless Internet connection on a computer, so we will need a laptop or a computer that supports Wi-Fi.

Now in the lower right corner (in the tray) we look for the icon wireless connection, click on it and from the proposed list select the very network that we created on our phone. Next, enter the security key (the password you created) and use the Internet.

This action has helped me out more than once, thanks to our unpredictable provider. Sometimes you urgently need the Internet, but for some reason it is not there. It’s not very convenient to use this on a smartphone, so you have to manage to steal traffic from your phone in favor of surfing the Internet at your computer.

Yes, and don’t forget about traffic. Spending time on such an Internet eats up your traffic very well, so I recommend that you use this function when you really need it, and to watch videos on YouTube, such as the top 10 accidents.

Well, this is where I’ll probably end my article today. I hope that it was useful to you and you will not forget to subscribe to my blog updates. Good luck to you. Bye bye!

Best regards, Dmitry Kostin.

The built-in Wi-Fi adapter on an Android device is intended not only for connecting to wireless internet. It can be used as a Wi-Fi router, which makes it possible to access the network where there is no wired Internet. Therefore, knowing how to distribute Wi-Fi from an Android phone is useful for every user.

Thanks to this smartphone function, you can distribute mobile Internet to several devices at once. Connection speed will depend on the level of mobile communication.

Important: when usingandroid-gadget as 3Gor 4Grouter increases battery consumption.

There are several ways to create such a connection:

1. Using the wireless network settings on your smartphone.
2. With help special programs for distribution mobile traffic.

How to distribute Wi-Fi using the “Modem Mode” option

On Android phones or tablets, in the system settings you can configure a Wi-Fi access point without installing additional programs.

Algorithm for creating a connection to different versions The OS is practically the same.

• open “Settings”;

• click on the “More” field;

• select the “Modem Mode” section;

• click on the option “Set up a Wi-Fi access point”;

• fill in the “Network name” field (by name you can find this connection in the list of networks);

• in the “Security” field, select “WPA2 PSK”;

• specify a password to protect the Internet connection (you can leave the default without a password);

• click on the “Save” button.

After the access point is created, it must be enabled. To do this, you need to activate the “Wi-Fi access point” option, which is located in the “Modem mode” section.

The fact that the access point has been created successfully and it is possible to connect to the Internet from another device can be judged by Wi-Fi icon located in the status bar.

To distribute Wi-Fi next time, there is no need to go into settings. To do this, just use the quick panel Android access select the appropriate icon.

To connect to the created wireless network, the user just needs to find it by name in the list of available Wi-Fi access points on his device (laptop, smartphone, tablet) and enter the password.

How to distribute Wi-Fi using a special application

You can also provide other devices with access to the Internet using special programs. For example, Mobile Wi-Fi Hotspot, Osmino, Wi-Fi Hotspot Portable and others.

They can be downloaded absolutely free from Google Play to your Android device.

Differences between usage standard means Android OS or special programs for Wi-Fi distribution No.

The only advantage of using the software is a minimum of steps to create an access point. Therefore, this option is more suitable for novice users.

To distribute Wi-Fi to a laptop using Mobile Wi-Fi Hotspot you need to:

• launch the application on your smartphone;

• enter the network name and access password (to create a connection without a password, just check the box next to “No Password”);
• Click the “Activate Hotspot” button.

In the application settings, you can configure the display of the widget on the desktop, which will allow the user to activate Wi-Fi connection with one click. To do this, you need to check the box next to the “Switch Hotspot on Floating View” option in the application settings.

To distribute Wi-Fi to a computer using the Wi-Fi Hotspot Portable program, you need to:

• open the application;

• enter the name in the “Network name” field Wi-Fi networks;

• in the “Security” field you should select WPA2 (if security is not needed, then you should leave the value “Open”);

• enter secret code(minimum 8 characters);

• press the “Save” button;
• Click on the Wi-Fi icon located at the top of the screen.

When distributing Wi-Fi from a smartphone to a PC or laptop, traffic consumption increases. Therefore, in order not to be left without access to the network at the wrong time, you need to set a limit in the settings of your Android smartphone. This will allow the user to receive a corresponding notification when 80% of the specified amount of traffic is consumed.

To set up a mobile traffic limit:

• go to phone settings;
• select the “Data transfer” section;

• activate the “Mobile traffic limit” option;

• manually indicate on the graph, when the number of megabytes is exhausted, a corresponding warning will be displayed on the screen (or you can set a limit, upon reaching which access to the network will be terminated).

Today, most devices have access to the Internet, such as smartphones, tablets, laptops, computers and even TVs. Many people have high-speed Internet at home and a Wi-Fi router that can distribute the Internet to all devices in the house. But what to do if the router is broken or you are not at home and you urgently need the Internet? It's easy! If you have an Android smartphone or tablet with Internet access at hand. Setting up an access point is very simple.

What is an access point

Before turning your smartphone into a router, let's figure out what a Wi-Fi access point is.

Wi-Fi hotspot is also called wireless point access device is a device that acts as a router, which is used to create a wireless Wi-Fi network. In other words, having a Wi-Fi access point, we have the ability to connect to the Internet.

What is necessary

You should know that to distribute Wi-Fi from an Android device, you need a smartphone or tablet running on the Android operating system. In turn, it must have two network standards, such as a 3G (GSM) or 4G (LTE) interface and a Wi-Fi modulator. Today, almost any smartphone or tablet has the necessary components. But you should know that not every smartphone or tablet may be suitable. There are phones without a Wi-Fi modulator and tablets without a 3G (GSM) or 4G (LTE) interface. Therefore, before you start creating an access point, make sure that your phone is technically suitable.

How to set up a Wi-Fi access point on Android and distribute the Internet

After we have made sure that our Android device is suitable for technical parameters and has access to the Internet, let's start creating an access point. In this article, as an example, we will consider Lenovo smartphone A536.

1. In the smartphone menu, open “Settings”:
2. In the “Wireless Networks” menu, select “More”:
3. Here we select “Mobile Internet distribution”:
4. In the window that appears, you need to move the “WLAN access point” slider to the right:
5. We will see that our access point has become active, and the slider has moved to the right. Next, we will need to set the basic parameters for our access point. To do this, select “WLAN access point”:
6. In another window we will see the basic settings of the access point. For further configuration, select “Setting up a WLAN access point”:
7. Here you can set parameters such as network name, security, password. After assigning a username and password, click “Save”:

Please note that the password 87654321 in this article is given as an example. You can set any password. And you should know that the password length for WPA 2 protection must be at least 8 characters.

After entering the network name and password, return to the fourth window (fourth step of the instructions) and make sure that the slider for “WLAN access point” is in the right, on position. If it is disabled, you should enable it.

Note: if you want to connect a computer with an operating Windows system XP Service Pack 2, you will need to select WPA PSK security. Because Windows XP Service Pack 2 is not compatible with WPA 2 PSK security!

How to disable distribution

To disable the access point, in the “Mobile Internet Distribution” menu, move the “WLAN Access Point” slider to the left:

Note: the next time you create an access point, you will not need to configure the access point again, just turn it on.

So we have learned how to distribute the Internet using your smartphone. The names of some items may differ depending on Android versions and smartphone models, but the principle is the same everywhere.

Possible connection problems

Let's look at common problems and their solutions related to creating an access point:

• Cannot assign a password to the access point

You most likely used fewer than eight characters. A minimum of eight are required.

• Can't connect to the access point from another device

You may have entered the wrong password. Please check and try again.

• The phone is connected to a hotspot, but the Internet is slow or does not work

Make sure that the device on which the access point was created has Internet access and is within range of the network, and that the connected devices are not too far from the access point.

• The access point turns off by itself

Most likely this is due to the fact that no device is connected to the access point. If there is no activity for a certain time, our access point automatically turns off. The inactivity time can be set in the access point settings:

The most common problems that could arise when creating an access point were considered. Otherwise, there shouldn't be any difficulties.

Video: how to distribute Wi-Fi from an Android phone

By following the instructions in this article, you can easily create a hotspot that everyone can connect to. Now you or your friends will always have a mini-router at hand, with which you will not limit yourself to the Internet.