Is it technically feasible for the N1 to be used as a WiFi repeater?
Or does it need two wifi chips or antennas inside one to receive on and one to broadcast on?
Android 2.2 and up, you can set up you device as an access point.
My N1 is connected to my carrier on the 3G network.
The NI WiFi is discoverable by any WiFi enabled device.
The WiFi device uses my N1 as an Access Point.
It works well but is hard on the battery, and you need to have a good Data plan
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When I turn off tethering and I end the task in task manager, it still shows up on view wireless networks on my computer. Does the program always stay running or something? I don't understand, thanks for any answers.
I noticed that behavior as well. I think, though I am not certain, this is due to the nature of ad-hoc wireless networks:
When you joined the network you became part of the G1Tether network. When you stopped the tethering however your computer can remain a part of the ad-hoc network. An ad-hoc network is nothing more than a group of nodes that agree to transmit on the same frequency with the same ID. Individual nodes can come an go from the network without invalidating it. In this case your laptop would be the last node. If you were to restart tethering the G1 would in essence be re-joining an existing ad-hoc network.
The fact that the G1 was the DHCP and gateway provider makes the network of limited utility without it, but it can go on existing.
Does that make sense?
Has anybody had any success with this? I have a wireless N router and just got a wireless N repeater in my home.
My captivate will connect just fine to the network when the repeater is unplugged. However, when I plug in the repeater my phone's wifi connection starts to act funny. I connect to the wifi and have a very strong signal, but I am unable to do anything on the internet. Web pages won't load, Pandora won't connect.
Long story short, the phone sees the network, but it doesn't know whether to communicate with my router or my repeater.
All other wireless devices on my network seem to work fine with the repeater, it's just my Captivate that is having this problem. I have no other phones to test it with, though.
Are you running stock? I seem to recall it having an issue with netmasks that weren't 255.255.255.0. You may want to check netmask in both the router's settings and the phone's Wi-Fi settings to ensure they match.
Is your NAT filtering turned off on both devices ?
Thanks! I'll look into both of these options when I get home tonight.
I'm not running stock, I'm running Cognition v2.3b6, btw.
Have my N1 running the OTA update of Gingerbread to the extent it matters for this question. When I am at home I have it connect to my main router, but when I head out I'd like it to be connected to my portable router (PHS-300 turning my 4G Clear into 802.11g). Ideally I'd like to turn on the PHS-300 a bit before I go, and have the N1 automatically reconnect to that without having to manually disconnect it from the home router or wait until I'm out of range and then reconnect. This is particularly important as I am now using VOIP over my connection so that I don't have a separate cell phone bill anymore (thanks to Sipdroid, GV, and PBXes.org).
Is there a way to setup a "preferred" host? I don't want to make it "forget" the home connection since i use that daily as well.
Thanks in advance!
Hello,
I am using gueste rom with spica kernel, but I think it is independent of rom/kernel.
When I have internet on 3G on my o2x, I connect it to my laptop and use usbtethering. It works.
When I have internet on wifi on my o2x, I do the same thing but I don't have internet on my laptop.
Wireshark shows that my laptop send packet through my phone and I can ping my phone. But I can't ping website. However dns works (I can see dns packet). On my phone, internet works well.
I don't really know how does tethering work. Maybe it uses iptables/nat ? How can I have working tethering? Thank you.
What WiFi device is your phone connected to and why can't your laptop just connect direct to that? (I'm assuming the laptop has wifi). It's also possible to set your phone up as a WiFi Access Point, that would allow you to connect your laptop wirelessly. As I understand, however, if you use your phone as an Access Point, it won't be able to connect to the internet via WiFi - eg, you could be in field with good 3G, connect your laptop via WiFi to the phone and then surf via WiFi and out via the phone's 3G signal.
The author of Gueste does warn about using spica's "performance packs" for stability issues.
RadioCharlie said:
What WiFi device is your phone connected to
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It is a public wifi emitted by a router. It is possible that the router blocks tethering?
and why can't your laptop just connect direct to that? (I'm assuming the laptop has wifi).
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I could, the reason is that my wifi signal is weak but at my door. It is just more convenient that my phone is near my door and connected to my laptop. Moreover, I'm studying networks and this issue arouses my curiosity
It's also possible to set your phone up as a WiFi Access Point, that would allow you to connect your laptop wirelessly. As I understand, however, if you use your phone as an Access Point, it won't be able to connect to the internet via WiFi - eg, you could be in field with good 3G, connect your laptop via WiFi to the phone and then surf via WiFi and out via the phone's 3G signal.
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I know, the wifi hotspot works.
Hi !
I have a S21 Ultra, and use it as a modem for my house with wifi tethering.
I can access my printer with my computer on this wifi network
But here is the problem : I can't access the device on this network from my phone.
I can't print from my phone,
I can't use app mirroring on Windows (open samsung flagship apps on W10 computer) because both S21 and computer have to be on the same wifi network.
Is there any way to make the phone part of his own wifi tethering ? Or workaround ?
Thanks !
no what your trying to do is hack someones phone....its not gonna happen!!!!
HELLFISH420 said:
no what your trying to do is hack someones phone....its not gonna happen!!!!
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Don't understand your message... It's my own phone that doesn't detect itself in the wifi network list. I have no problem to connect network from one phone onto another. It is on the same phone, both emitter and receiver
Yttrium39 said:
Hi !
I have a S21 Ultra, and use it as a modem for my house with wifi tethering.
I can access my printer with my computer on this wifi network
But here is the problem : I can't access the device on this network from my phone.
I can't print from my phone,
I can't use app mirroring on Windows (open samsung flagship apps on W10 computer) because both S21 and computer have to be on the same wifi network.
Is there any way to make the phone part of his own wifi tethering ? Or workaround ?
Thanks !
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I think you can try to make a hotspot on the PC and share wifi (from the phone) to the PC hotspot and connect the printer itself to the PC hotspot
Tethering is like connecting a modem to a device. Hotspot is creating a local wifi network for devices to connect to.
Tethering vs Hotspot: Difference and Comparison
Tethering allows a device to share its internet connection with other devices via a physical connection (such as USB), while a hotspot creates a Wi-Fi network to share the device's internet connection wirelessly.
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Based on your description you are creating a hotspot on the phone that the laptop and printer connect to? If so then the phone cannot "join" that network as the wifi stack in the phone is being used to run a network and the phone has access to the mobile data network the wifi is representing.
No, only the computer connects to the phone.
but create a second hotspot on the computer that connects the printer to the computer
Yttrium39 said:
Hi !
I have a S21 Ultra, and use it as a modem for my house with wifi tethering.
I can access my printer with my computer on this wifi network
But here is the problem : I can't access the device on this network from my phone.
I can't print from my phone,
I can't use app mirroring on Windows (open samsung flagship apps on W10 computer) because both S21 and computer have to be on the same wifi network.
Is there any way to make the phone part of his own wifi tethering ? Or workaround ?
Thanks !
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Your phone wifi module can either act as a broadcaster or receiver at a time, but not both. It will only handle one wifi network at a time, either the one it's broadcasting (endogenous mobile hotspot) or the one it's receiving (exogenous WiFi)
You can see this as a prompt when you turn on mobile hotspot. Whenever you turn on Wifi Hotspot, your WiFi will automatically get turned off. It will even display a notification and ask for your consent (at least mine does)
enigmaamit said:
Your phone wifi module can either act as a broadcaster or receiver at a time, but not both. It will only handle one wifi network at a time, either the one it's broadcasting (endogenous mobile hotspot) or the one it's receiving (exogenous WiFi)
You can see this as a prompt when you turn on mobile hotspot. Whenever you turn on Wifi Hotspot, your WiFi will automatically get turned off. It will even display a notification and ask for your consent (at least mine does)
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I just checked and it is possible to share wifi to wifi from my G991B
Kuba1996 said:
I just checked and it is possible to share wifi to wifi from my G991B
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Wow! That's nice to hear. Haven't used that feature on a phone before. Didn't know it was doable. Well, I guess you learn something new everyday.
thats what hackers and LEA use.....smh