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Hey everybody I have a quick question for ya. I have started using android wifi tether. i was not planning on using it for my computer. instead for game systems. That require wifi to go online like ds, psp, wii, and ps3. So after hours of messing around with it I came up with the conclusion of...... it dosen't work 0_o. So is there an app that could do what the android wifi tether does but no only for Pc. i heard of aNetshare. But I don't see a link on their website. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks
I found the Wifi teather to work great. The only problem I see for gaming is the ping MS response time. Generally games require less then ~50ms ping to server to perform properly. When I tested the speed of T-mo 3G network using the wifi teather app, and my XP laptop at speedtest.net. I found just under 1MB up/down with about 130ms ping times.
I know the XBox 360 supports adhoc wireless connections, not sure about other handhelds/consoles, but the ping time would be really bad in any FPS type game. This however would be the limitation of the 3G network, not the application.
Not sure if any of you have found better response times using 3G or not.
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I used the WiFi tether to connect my Xbox 360 to Live successfully. For two hours I played Modern Warfare 2 with NO lag. I was completely blown away by how well this worked.
I also was able to watch two episodes of leverage streaming from Netflix via the Xbox. The quality was reduced from my normal but it worked flawlessly. The video quality is determined by download speed which is just under 1MB for me with 3G.
I have the Microsoft wireless N adapter for the Xbox.
Good to hear I wasn't the only one. I did something similar to this back in October, where i had my G2 wifi sharing the net connection with my laptop, and then my laptop using a bridge to connect the xbox to that network (lan)
I'm on the rogers 7.2 mbps network, and managed to pull over 1mb speed too. Played some gears of war.
The reason I did this was 1/3 to see if it could be done, 1/3 to say I've done it, and 1/3 due to the fact that the I was moving/the net was cutoff.
The one problem that i would run into is overheating on the phone, obviously it's not really designed for that kind of load.
nobler1050 said:
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I used the WiFi tether to connect my Xbox 360 to Live successfully. For two hours I played Modern Warfare 2 with NO lag. I was completely blown away by how well this worked.
I also was able to watch two episodes of leverage streaming from Netflix via the Xbox. The quality was reduced from my normal but it worked flawlessly. The video quality is determined by download speed which is just under 1MB for me with 3G.
I have the Microsoft wireless N adapter for the Xbox.
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Did you have to bridge it?I want to take my xbox to work and play online but dont want to take a laptop too its just to much to carry around.Can you PLEASE provide tut for doing it cause I have not found 1 Thanks in advance to anyone that can help me.
Ok that was simple enough but how can I get the NAT strict setting to change for regular play online
th30p3rat0r said:
Good to hear I wasn't the only one. I did something similar to this back in October, where i had my G2 wifi sharing the net connection with my laptop, and then my laptop using a bridge to connect the xbox to that network (lan)
I'm on the rogers 7.2 mbps network, and managed to pull over 1mb speed too. Played some gears of war.
The reason I did this was 1/3 to see if it could be done, 1/3 to say I've done it, and 1/3 due to the fact that the I was moving/the net was cutoff.
The one problem that i would run into is overheating on the phone, obviously it's not really designed for that kind of load.
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Gears of war is awesome!
faceman469 said:
Did you have to bridge it?I want to take my xbox to work and play online but dont want to take a laptop too its just to much to carry around.Can you PLEASE provide tut for doing it cause I have not found 1 Thanks in advance to anyone that can help me.
Ok that was simple enough but how can I get the NAT strict setting to change for regular play online
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The only reason he used the laptop was because he didn't have the wireless adapter for his Xbox, at least that's my guess. If you have the wireless adapter, you should not need a laptop.
As far as the NAT strict issue, I did not have that with MW2, but that may be an issue with your carrier not the phone hardware or application. If your carrier has some type of limitations.
good program for wifi is :
WIFINDER
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WIFI MANAGE widget
Barnacle Wifi/ WIfi tether works on the Ipad but not on my win7
Barnacle Wifi/ WIfi tether works on the Ipad but not on my win7 desktop.
I get good speeds on my ipad tethered to my phone. The win7 machine detects and connects to the network, however there is no data transfer that happens. I even disabled the firewall to check if that was the issue, but it wasnt.
Any ideas?
the regular old android wifi tether app works just fine for me. so far i have been able to connect to my win7 pc and an ipod touch. about to test with a ps3. will report on my findings. i found a link to the app somewhere on the site, just do a search for it
Wireless Tether
Is there anyway I can use Bluetooth to connect to my ps3 to use 3g internet? Thanks
If you are rooted you should be able to use wifi tethering.
Yeah,I'm rooted. But my ps3 doesn't have wireless internet connection.
Just wondering if I can do it through Bluetooth. If so, how can I get them to pair. Or is there a way to do it through wired tether. If so, where can I get the wired tether?
PDAnet supports both USB and BT tethering. I've never used it. It's in the Market, just search "tether" and there's a free version. The free version blocks secure sites.
As far as I know, the PS3 does not have any Bluetooth modem capabilities. With root, your options are WiFi tether, USB tether, and Bluetooth tether. As far as I know, there is no adapter for connecting your phone to an ethernet connection for wired tethering.
I was under the impression that all PS3s had WiFi. Am I mistaken? Or does yours just not work?
At any rate, what you can do is use a computer (desktop, laptop, any computer will do) as an intermediary between the phone and the PS3.
1. Tether the phone to the computer (with any of the three, pick your poison).
2. Setup Internet Connection Sharing on whatever connection the phone connects to the computer with.
3. Then all that is left is connecting the ethernet port on the computer to the ethernet port on your PS3 and setting up the connection.
As long as either both ethernet ports are auto-sensing or you use a cross-over cable, it should work.
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As far as I know, the PS3 does not have any Bluetooth modem capabilities. With root, your options are WiFi tether, USB tether, and Bluetooth tether. As far as I know, there is no adapter for connecting your phone to an ethernet connection for wired tethering.
I was under the impression that all PS3s had WiFi. Am I mistaken? Or does yours just not work?
At any rate, what you can do is use a computer (desktop, laptop, any computer will do) as an intermediary between the phone and the PS3.
1. Tether the phone to the computer (with any of the three, pick your poison).
2. Setup Internet Connection Sharing on whatever connection the phone connects to the computer with.
3. Then all that is left is connecting the ethernet port on the computer to the ethernet port on your PS3 and setting up the connection.
As long as either both ethernet ports are auto-sensing or you use a cross-over cable, it should work.
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Thanks a lot. I might have wifi on my ps3 I never tried it . But I will now.
Good luck with this, I can assure you that you will have a high bill with in the next few months! PS3 + Wireless Tether = High Bill and possible disconnection just a heads up!
I have unlimited data
Since we're on this topic, why do people keep saying you'll get disconnected or a higher bill if you tether? I've been told by a verizon store rep that Verizon doesn't even start "monitoring" your usage until you go beyond 5gigs/month. I've used at least 3-4gig consistently for the last 3 months with streaming music every day for a few hours each day, sometimes all day.
How does that differ from someone using it for tethering instead of streaming music, downloading apps, etc? Data is data right? Is there a way for Verizon to know you're tethered as apposed to just a heavy phone-only data user?
Has anyone ever really had a problem with this? I mean, it says "unlimited" on the data plan, and I've found no fine print limiting it anywhere so can they really legally do anything? (Thinking false advertising lawsuit if they did......)
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As far as I know, the PS3 does not have any Bluetooth modem capabilities. With root, your options are WiFi tether, USB tether, and Bluetooth tether. As far as I know, there is no adapter for connecting your phone to an ethernet connection for wired tethering.
I was under the impression that all PS3s had WiFi. Am I mistaken? Or does yours just not work?
At any rate, what you can do is use a computer (desktop, laptop, any computer will do) as an intermediary between the phone and the PS3.
1. Tether the phone to the computer (with any of the three, pick your poison).
2. Setup Internet Connection Sharing on whatever connection the phone connects to the computer with.
3. Then all that is left is connecting the ethernet port on the computer to the ethernet port on your PS3 and setting up the connection.
As long as either both ethernet ports are auto-sensing or you use a cross-over cable, it should work.
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I have done this before and use it to play MAG almost everyday for a couple of weeks. I never had any lag or disconnects and i never had a high phone bill and never disconnected from Verizon.
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Since we're on this topic, why do people keep saying you'll get disconnected or a higher bill if you tether? I've been told by a verizon store rep that Verizon doesn't even start "monitoring" your usage until you go beyond 5gigs/month. I've used at least 3-4gig consistently for the last 3 months with streaming music every day for a few hours each day, sometimes all day.
How does that differ from someone using it for tethering instead of streaming music, downloading apps, etc? Data is data right? Is there a way for Verizon to know you're tethered as apposed to just a heavy phone-only data user?
Has anyone ever really had a problem with this? I mean, it says "unlimited" on the data plan, and I've found no fine print limiting it anywhere so can they really legally do anything? (Thinking false advertising lawsuit if they did......)
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I've heard that Verizon can and will monitor your usage and if you use huge amounts (probably like 10+ gigs a month) then they may shut you off or at least look into it. Also heard from Gizmodo I think it was, that some cell company's don't ACTUALLY mean unlimited when they say unlimited data. Some probably have caps at about 20+ gigs or something. Never heard which company's it was though. And this all may just be a bunch of crap so don't quote me on this
I know the wireless tether for what ever reason the ps3 will not pick it up atleast it wouldnt for me I tried it a couple times just to check and see if it would work but no luck.
edgeupgx said:
I know the wireless tether for what ever reason the ps3 will not pick it up atleast it wouldnt for me I tried it a couple times just to check and see if it would work but no luck.
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I too have this problem. Im using android tether and tried many different settings. I changed the channel, the ip, with and without a passcode, and got nothing. I think I do remember seeing in the bluetooth settings something about bluetooth modem. I hope someone can figure it out.
cwhite8883 said:
I too have this problem. Im using android tether and tried many different settings. I changed the channel, the ip, with and without a passcode, and got nothing. I think I do remember seeing in the bluetooth settings something about bluetooth modem. I hope someone can figure it out.
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the ps3, along with pretty much everything else except for actual computers, cant connect to Ad-Hoc networks as an internet connection.
you can though, if you have a Cat 5e crossover cable (radioshack has em), plug that into your network port, then go into network adapter settings and bridge your network cable port and USB connection port. the ps3 might be able to play off of that, it works on the 360 atleast
Ok well looks like I know what I am going to mess with when I get home. Thanks for the help.
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No, I just called Verizon and once you break 20 gig's of tethered data, they shut that **** down.
Hello Bionic Community,
I pay for the mobile hotspot feature from Verizon and use it as my dedicated internet for my home. I have the phone connected to a sapido router and use USB tethering to distribute internet to everything at my house.
The connection is great!! The only problem that I notice is, is that if I stream a movie or video chat with someone, the battery on the phone takes a hit.
Is there a way to USB tether the phone and connect the phone to the wall power supply so that the battery does not drain so fast? I've investigated using a USB y-cable, but am scared to do this as I don't want to fry my phone or router.
What do you guys think? Can this even be done?
In theory you can ditch the whole cable to phone. What you could do is take the phone and wirelessly tether it to the router so that the router becomes a repeater then just plug whatever Ethernet cables you want into the router to give it a hard line connection. To do this you need a Lynksis (Cisco) router that has the option of becoming a wireless repeater, if yours does great. Google how to set up a wireless repeater.
What you can also do is what my friends and I do on the road. If you have an old laptop that has xp-or up ( i havent tested 8 yet) you could tether you phone to computer then in the wireless connections settings set it to where the computer is used to access the internet. Then send that connection out to a router. Also remember whenever you are using a 3g connection AND charging at the same time your phone will get extremely hot. Use an app to keep an eye on the temp. Good luck and happy tethering
I feel your pain, I think the best option would be, as waffleb051 described, usb tether to pc then share internet connection from that pc, windows ICS, so that you are charging the phone & also tethering 3g/4g from your phone. But beware of the battery temp.
I wish a smartphone would function like a laptop while charger is connected, it would draw the power directly from charger instead of drawing through the battery.
Just out of curiosity, how much data you are using per month for the whole house, on average?
I have been doing this for years except that my phone is rooted so I don't have to pay the rip-off fee of $30/mo for tethering.
I use an old Vista PC with a wifi usb adapter and then use ICS to share the Internet connection to my entire network (7 users). Then I just plug the phone into the phone's charger and let it rip. There have been no problems even when I leave it all connected for five days straight. Using the wifi option keeps the phone from getting too hot. Be sure to turn off features like GPS because if too many things are running, you may end up pulling more power than the charger can keep up with.
I run 20-30 gigs per month with no problem at all. And no slow downs or calls from big red.
I did try to set up my Belkin router as a repeater but it did not see the phone and thus, did not work. Not all repeaters will work.
.....I forgot the mention that android as of now cannot connect to and ad-hoc network so the router idea might be out, I will test it tonight and post results
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I am currently on day 22 of 29 on my cycle and I'm currently at 45 gigs. Sometimes I hit 80 if I watch a lot of movies / justin.tv. I use more data because I chose to cut the cable cord... this is how I justify to myself spending the extra $30 per month for the mobile hotspot feature.
I would have gone with the wireless tether feature, but for some reason, this is not stable for me. My copy of the bionic will reboot every hour or so when in wifi tether mode. I've used both the built in wifi tether option, as well as the wireless tether for root users. Any ideas to increase stability?
I agree that a better option would be to tether through a computer, but the sapido router is cheaper, lower power usage and has a pretty powerful wifi radio. I also understand that they make a portable version of the router. Maybe this portable version would be better to tether compared to a laptop?
The phone does get hot when I tether, but not that hot; even when I'm video conferencing. I'm thinking if the phone can get enough juice from the usb connection somehow, then the battery can be removed during extended need of the internet. Maybe someone knows of a battery AC adapter or something??
Thanks!
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I am currently on day 22 of 29 on my cycle and I'm currently at 45 gigs. Sometimes I hit 80 if I watch a lot of movies / justin.tv. I use more data because I chose to cut the cable cord... this is how I justify to myself spending the extra $30 per month for the mobile hotspot feature.
I would have gone with the wireless tether feature, but for some reason, this is not stable for me. My copy of the bionic will reboot every hour or so when in wifi tether mode. I've used both the built in wifi tether option, as well as the wireless tether for root users. Any ideas to increase stability?
I agree that a better option would be to tether through a computer, but the sapido router is cheaper, lower power usage and has a pretty powerful wifi radio. I also understand that they make a portable version of the router. Maybe this portable version would be better to tether compared to a laptop?
The phone does get hot when I tether, but not that hot; even when I'm video conferencing. I'm thinking if the phone can get enough juice from the usb connection somehow, then the battery can be removed during extended need of the internet. Maybe someone knows of a battery AC adapter or something??
Thanks!
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Are you in a 4G area? I am not but wish I were. You do know that you can root your phone and then drop the $30 free from big red yet still tether? Its what I a m doing for more than 2 years with no problems at all.
I have no stability problems doing it via wifi. I was getting data drops before the .902 update. I would take your phone back or call tech support and get it fixed before you root it. You paid good money and should expect good service from both the phone and big red.
Has anyone been able to do this? I can pair the fire with my phone but can not connect to it.
I would like to do a dash install with the Fire, but I don't want to have to use a wifi hotspot every time I get into the car.
Edit: Shoot, sorry, wrong forum.
Trying to set up something in my camper so that I can watch downloaded movies or shows from my phones. I have a Note 3 with android 5.0.2 and miracast seems to be broken? When the Note 3 had 4.4 it worked fine and I used a Sony dvd player that it worked with just fine. It "sees" the player but won't cast to it.
I have a Google Pixel XL that does not see the dvd player for some reason. I brought a wifi router into the camper and tried to set up a chromecast (Gen 1). I can get it set up but then neither device, when connected to same wifi, see the device so that I can cast to it. I am going to grab a Gen 2 model from home and see if this will work.
Is there a simpler way to make this work? It was so easy just using miracast and now this has turned into a massive headache.
If you have the Stock FW on the CC, please ensure, that guest mode is enabled (via Google home). In this case the CC provided an own Wifi net if needed.
Mad07 said:
If you have the Stock FW on the CC, please ensure, that guest mode is enabled (via Google home). In this case the CC provided an own Wifi net if needed.
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I've never been able to get the guest mode to work. It seems like no matter what the chromecast still needs an actual internet connection, even if only casting a movie/picture right from device.
So far what works for me but it's annoying. I have my actual Verizon phone turned on as hotspot, Set up the chromecast to connect to hotspot. I leave it up and running. My Note 3 has my movies on it so I connect to same hotspot and cast using Allcast app...I think. That's the only app that even seems to find the chromecast. Yes I have Google Home installed on both devices. If I turn off the hotspot Chromecast stops working. Neither device finds the chromecast after that unless I turn hotspot back on. Yes guest mode is turned on. A pin is never displayed but since devices don't see it it won't help anyway.
I had a spare wifi router and did the same test. Still need an actual data connection. If no data connection the devices do not see the Chromecast.
Technology is really frustrating at times. Miracast worked just fine until Google didn't like it and made the Chromecast. The Note 3 is old and close to being dead so I am not buying a MHL adapter for it nor will I buy a new tv that has something built in that does not seems to work either. Many other camping people are starting to run into this issue as well.
if you go in Google Home under your device, Settings, there is a possibility to switch the guest mode on. This means the CC works like a hot spot. Its written also on the screen. Every device, which is not in your network, could get an access. I don't know, at which time the guest mode will be disabled automatically. Maybe at this time, if you stream something over your own network to the CC.
Hi,
I bought a cheap "MiraCast" dongle from eBay that works great. Less than $14 with shipping included from China. They list them as a "2nd Generation Chromecast 2" screen mirroring devices, a little misleading, but I'm happy with the unit, as it was brand new, in a very nice box I might add. If you need a link, then PM me, or reply here.
PS, they picture a Chromecast shape, but the lead with a Wi-Fi antenna is a giveaway. Here is a link to get you started, and actually is titled better than the one I bought, which is sold out. There are lots more like it at varying prices. https://m.ebay.com/itm/2-Digital-HD...d=202018167243&_trksid=p2349624.c100408.m2460
Motorhome option to cast from phone or tablet or TV without Wi-Fi or hotspot connecti
I was looking at a thread that discuss different connectivity options without Wi-Fi but could not figure it out. Are there any updates to this? Right now the only results that I have is to hardwire an iPhone to the TV using the HDMI connection and Apple Adapter device. The Mira cast Dongle works most of the time but is intermittent at best.
My son upgraded to an iphone so I got his old S7. Using it and the sony dvd player I can use miracast again.
I have also set up my main phone as a wifi hotspot and connected a chromecast and my S7 to it as well and been able to cast. This method ties up both devices and then they also both need to be plugged in. My wifes Iphone can also cast to the chromecast when connected to my hotspot.
Best I can come up with for now.