cellphone hotspot + desktop

[Rangerscott]

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.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2654927468.png

[njchopper87]

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/forums/t/275631/connect-a-wired-network-to-the-verizon-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]

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]

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]

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]

Wifi works fine. I need wired tethering to work.

[marko138]

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

[shmike]

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

[fasternyou929]

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

Isn't that shit ridiculous?

First you pay for data, then you pay for text messages (redundant charge), and finally if you want to use the data you've already paid for to browse on a PC... well, that's going to cost you even more.

That's an even bigger rip off than the "undercoating" they used to offer on new cars back in the day.

[marko138]

Isn't that shit ridiculous?

First you pay for data, then you pay for text messages (redundant charge), and finally if you want to use the data you've already paid for to browse on a PC... well, that's going to cost you even more.

That's an even bigger rip off than the "undercoating" they used to offer on new cars back in the day.
I pay for Sprint's shitty "unlimited" data and I'm damn sure gonna use it.

[dubbs]

Wifi works fine. I need wired tethering to work.

Why? Whats the benefit over wireless?

[Rangerscott]

Isn't that shit ridiculous?

First you pay for data, then you pay for text messages (redundant charge), and finally if you want to use the data you've already paid for to browse on a PC... well, that's going to cost you even more.

That's an even bigger rip off than the "undercoating" they used to offer on new cars back in the day.

Tye undercoating on my vehicle is still there. Ots nice to not have a rusted frame.

[Rangerscott]

Why? Whats the benefit over wireless?

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

[fasternyou929]

Tye undercoating on my vehicle is still there. Ots nice to not have a rusted frame.

And that was probably done at the factory, not at the dealership like I was referencing.

[Rangerscott]

And that was probably done at the factory, not at the dealership like I was referencing.

Ah. What was it, cheap paint? I will say i have seen some pretty bad frames from the northern states. Salt is a muthafucka.

[LeeNetworX]

I'd say fuck it and buy a $15 PC wi-fi card and not deal with cables, tethering, etc.

[fasternyou929]

Ah. What was it, cheap paint? I will say i have seen some pretty bad frames from the northern states. Salt is a muthafucka.

Cheap paint would be an upgrade. t was actually nothing, just a few hundred dollars for someone to drive your spanking new car to the back of the shop for about an hour and pretend to do something.

[Rangerscott]

Cheap paint would be an upgrade. t was actually nothing, just a few hundred dollars for someone to drive your spanking new car to the back of the shop for about an hour and pretend to do something.

Sounds like american capitalism. :rockwoot:


Bought pdanet key and seems to be good. I got on ebay and ordered a new cable since the other one broke. Sucks ass when company uses a different connection. I can use a micro usb cable but it fits loose. Plus I raged and cracked my screen so got one of those coming to.

If I find a deal on a wifi dongle, I'll get one. Would get a pci slot one, but two graphics cards takes up all the space. Once I get the water blocks on it should clear room over a slot. I hate usb speeds.

The only bad thing so far with tether is it kills the battery and the desktop barely keeps up the charge. If I fart with the phone and have it tethered, I'll get a pop up saying the charge can't keep up.

[Gas Man]

I'd say fuck it and buy a $15 PC wi-fi card and not deal with cables, tethering, etc.
This

[Rangerscott]

ok. I just have bad luck. Verizon's hotspot WiFi works fine but the tethering doesn't. Pdanet's tethering works fine but the hotspot won't connect. It doesn't give me the option to enter my password on my laptop and just says its an unrecognized connection. Hmmmmm.

It is the paid version.

[dubbs]

I'd say fuck it and buy a $15 PC wi-fi card and not deal with cables, tethering, etc.

this.