How to connect your pc to the internet using an android device
Connecting your
pc to the internet can be a little bit hard to some people and simple to some
other group of people. If you find it difficult connecting to the internet with
your pc then this blog post is for you. Without wasting much of your time let
get started with this tutorials.
Back in the days people use Modem
(modulator-demodulator) to connect their pc to the internet. But now a day’s thing has change you don’t
need to use modem to connect to the internet, with your android phone you can
connect to the internet and do whatever you want like downloading of stuffs and watching online videos at your
comfort zone.
Things you will need for this
tutorial are:
1. A good android device
2. Usb cable or coed
3. You will need a wireless adapter for
your pc (internal or external) but if u have one, then there will be no need
for that.
Steps involve
1. Using your android as a Wi-Fi hotspot
Hotspot
tethering is one of the fastest and easiest way to connect your pc the
internet. And here is the way to do it.
- Open
Settings
app on your android phone
- Click
on Network & Internet
- Select
the Hotspot and Tethering option
- Tap
on Portable hotspot or Wi-Fi hotspot depends on which phone
you are using
- Next
step is to Turn the Slider On you
will see it will turn blue or purple depends on the kind of android model you
are using.
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Next
you have to move on to hotspot settings
to configure your hotspot name and
to add a password to your hotspot.
When done configuring your android hotspot, the next step is
to connect your pc to the internet using the Wi-Fi hotspot you’ve just created.
And to do so is to follow the below instructions
- Switch your Wi-Fi On from your pc: Most pc usually come
with external button for Wi-Fi making it easy to switch your Wi-Fi On
- After
turning your Wi-Fi On, your pc will automatically
search for any Wi-Fi hotspot available which include that of your android
device
- Once
your pc detect your android device Wi-Fi hotspot, click on it and select Connect
- Type in your Wi-Fi hotspot password in which you created earlier and you
are good to go with your internet
activities
Please remember to turn off your hotspot when you are done
surfing the internet to preserve your data.
2. Connecting via the use of usb cable
This step is very simple
all you need to do is to follow the below instructions
- Connect
your usb cable from your android to your pc
- open
setting app on your android and
navigate to hotspot and tethering
- Switch On the USB
Tethering option
- Your
computer will automatically detect an available connection and you can start
browsing through the internet with this connection.
Remember to disconnect the usb cord when done to avoid data
loss or you can switch off the USB Tethering mode.
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