XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2024-02-21 06:31, Patrick wrote:   
   > Desktop PC to Android Mobile Hotspot - What do you use for the Gateway?   
   > 1. My Windows 10 desktop has no Wi-Fi card.   
   > 2. So I Ethernet out to an old router acting as a wireless client bridge.   
   > 3. This has been working for many years.   
   >   
   > For whatever reason, the Internet went out. So I set up the phone as a   
   > Mobile Hotspot which works for the laptop.   
   > But I wanted the desktop to be connected also.   
   > 1. So I figured I'd set up the bridge, temporarily to the Mobile Hotspot.   
   > 2. The Mobile Hotspot has an SSID with the same passphrase as all my APs.   
   > 3. The Mobile Hotspot, by default, is set to 10 clients.   
   >   
   > So I saved the old router configuration to the AP.   
   > And I changed the SSID for the wireless client bridge to connect to.   
   > Since the passphrase is the same, only the SSID needed to be changed.   
      
   On most software, changing the SSID erases/reset the passphrase.   
      
   >   
   > Or so I had thought.   
   > Booted many times but the router (as a wireless client bridge) won't   
   > connect to the mobile phone (set up as a mobile hotspot).   
   >   
   > Why not?   
      
   Read its log and find out.   
      
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   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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