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   Daniel70 to Brian Gregory   
   Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might    
   10 Feb 25 20:53:53   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: daniel47@eternal-september.org   
      
   On 6/02/2025 12:57 pm, Brian Gregory wrote:   
   > On 02/02/2025 09:12, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >> Under "Network & Internet", one option is "Hotspot & Tethering", I am   
   >> offered   
   >>   
   >> 1. 'Wi-Fi hotspot' which says "Not sharing internet or content with   
   >> other devices"   
   >>   
   >> 2. (Greyed out) 'USB Tethering' "Share phone's internet connection via   
   >> USB" and the associated slide switch is also Greyed Out.   
   >   
   > Maybe you have to connect the phone to you PC via USB first on this   
   > phone? Maybe once you've done that you can turn it on?   
      
   Easy done .... (I think) .... as I recharge my Mobile Phone by   
   connecting it to a mini-USB plug hanging of one end of a Cable who's   
   other end (USB) is plugged into this Computer .... Done!!   
      
   I just "deselected" my usual Wi-Fi signal and tried connecting to the   
   other Wi-Fi signals .... but the all required "Network Security Keys"   
      
   >> 3. 'Bluetooth tethering' Share phone's Internet connection via   
   >> Bluetooth .. and that slide switch is turned off but can be turned on.   
   >   
   > That's another possibility if your PC has Bluetooth. I used to do it   
   > many years ago. It's a little more complicated though, and it's pretty   
   > slow.   
   >   
   >   
   >> And the note at the bottom of that screen states "Use hotspot or   
   >> tethering to  provide internet to other devices through your mobile   
   >> data connection. Apps can also create a hotspot to share content with   
   >> nearby devices."   
   >   
      
      
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