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Questions tagged [mobile-hotspot]

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why can not find exactly one wifi while all other are visible in `available wifi`?

I am trying to use wifi(HOME_WIFI) created using mobile hotspot(xiaomi). My OS is windows 10, at first i successfully connected and used smoothly. Then suddenly can not find the HOME_WIFI anymore. That same wifi(HOME_WIFI) is visible to all other…
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Advertise to clients of Wifi router that the WiFi internet connection is metered

Is it possible to have a Wifi router advertise that the Wifi is connected to internet over a metered connection (over a 4G usb dongle)? I know it's possible on client to set that the connection is metered when connecting to one. But the users…
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Significance of installsheildapplicationupdate.exe in C:/programfiles

I deleted a folder called installshieldappupdate (don't remember the name exactly) from C:/programfiles (I don't remember if it was x86 one or not) which only contained a small exe file which didn't seem so important, because it would eat up my data…
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How to increase number of devices on a mobile hotspot?

I set up a mobile hotspot. According to the admin panel, I can only allow up to 8 devices to connect to it. How do I increase the maximum number of connected devices from 8 devices to 20 devices?
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Using Windows Mobile Hotspot and WSL2 or WSA at the same time

I'm running WSL2 with Ubuntu 20.04 on Windows (10.0.22000.527). My WSL2 kernel is at 5.10.16. When I open Windows Mobile Hotspot, WSL can no longer connect to the network. After stopping the Hotspot, the WSL networks work again. Is there a way to…
Jerry Tang
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Can't ping when Mobile Hotspot is enable

In Windows 10, when Mobile Hotspot feature is enabled, my PC become unreachable in the network and can't even Ping on my IP.
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How can I make Windows download updates

My internet connection is my phone - my laptop connects via its hotspot. I have allowed Windows to download updates over metered connections and updates are not paused. It says "Updates are available but they are too big to download over your…
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Turn on Windows Mobile hotspot without Internet or use Loopback adapter only

I try to use Windows Mobile hotspot to connect technical device with my notebook. It's working, but only if the notebook has connection to Internet. I need to use this configuration without Internet too. Is it possible somehow to start Windows…
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How to get smartphone hotspot gateway ip?

I have a smartphone hotspot. And I need manually setup gateway entity , because I have issues at transport level. How to understand which the IP address of the gateway smartphone hotspot is provided?
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I want to share my VPN internet to other devices on Windows 11 (without `Hosted Network Supported`)(Newer generation modules)

I wish to share my internet over my Laptop PC. Currently, we use ISP to connect to the internet, then we use VPN/Proxy to access the global network. The Issue I have is on the old time, I would use a VPN/Proxy per device, and as the prices raised so…
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Any way to use DNS/mDNS with Windows Mobile Hotspot?

Windows 11 provides the feature "Mobile Hotspot", which I use to connect my Android phone and PC and share files on FTP/SFTP (PC establishes the connection to the Android SFTP server). Mobile Hotspot automatically assigns a private dynamic IP…
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Windows to Android - Hotspot doesn't work properly

I have a laptop A running Windows 10, and a phone B running android. I have ethernet connected to A, which runs properly with high speeds. I turn on hotspot on A and turn on wifi on B, and connect. More often than not, I won't be able to browse…
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Why doesn't my Win10 laptop automatically connect to my iPhone hotspot?

I have a laptop running Win10 and an iPhone 6. My home internet connection often disconnects due to a problem with the ISP (they're working on it). But I have my iPhone hotspot on all the time and my PC wifi is setup with the "connect…
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Mobile Hotspot from laptop to phone results in not being able to browse on laptop

I get internet on my laptop from an ethernet connection and want to share that connection with my phone through the Mobile Hotspot feature on Windows 10. The moment I turn on the hotspot (even before my phone connects), my laptop loses the ability…
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Windows 10 keeps asking me to sign into my Android hotspot, which works fine elsewhere

I'm trying to connect my Windows 10 desktop computer to my Android 8 mobile hotspot for internet, but the connection keeps asking me to log into the network, so I can't get internet. Connecting my laptop to the mobile hotspot works just fine. I have…
Tobias Dummschat
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