Ever wished you could use your mobile phone's internet connection to access the web on your laptop? Well, you can! And it can be more cost-effective than using an internet café.
Connect Your Laptop To The Internet
Here's how to connect your laptop to the internet using your mobile phone as a hotspot:
On your mobile phone (Android or iPhone)
- Enable mobile data: Ensure your mobile phone's data connection is turned on.
- Navigate to settings: Access your phone's settings menu.
- Find tethering or hotspot options: The exact location of these settings may vary depending on your phone's model. Look for options like "Mobile Hotspot," "Tethering," or "Personal Hotspot."
- Enable tethering or hotspot: Toggle the switch or tap the button to enable tethering or hotspot functionality.
- Set a hotspot name and password: Assign a name to your mobile hotspot and create a secure password to protect your connection.
- On your laptop
- Enable Wi-Fi: Turn on Wi-Fi on your laptop.
- Locate your mobile phone's hotspot: Identify your mobile phone's hotspot network from the available Wi-Fi networks.
- Connect to your mobile phone's hotspot: Click on your mobile phone's hotspot network and enter the password you set earlier.
- Verify internet connection: Once connected, launch a web browser and try accessing a website. If the internet works, you're all set!
Go to settings
Click on tethering and portable hotspot
Turn on Wi-Fi hotspot
Turn on Wi-Fi hotspot: Check your laptop wireless network connections to see if there is a connection between your devices
- Click connect, this will establish a connection (IMPORTANT: mobile to laptop wireless connections will require a password which be generated by your mobile phone)
- Enter the password and connect - this should be done on your computer
- Personalize the security setting if you wish to do so
- Now, it should be ready to use
If you get one of Digicel’s data bundles like the Day Pass or Booster Pass you can do a lot more things on your laptop than the mobile phone.
