mobile hotspot

Windows 11 can stand in for a small router when a hotel room has one usable Ethernet jack, a home gateway has failed, or a device cannot complete a captive-portal login. The practical route is simpler than the networking terminology suggests: use Mobile hotspot when every client can connect...

Personal Hotspot lets an iPhone, iPad, Android phone, Windows 11 PC, or supported Chromebook share its internet connection with another device. This guide covers setting up the hotspot, connecting Windows PCs and other devices, and fixing a hotspot that is missing, disabled, rejects its...

You can change your phone’s hotspot name, password, security, radio band, timeout, and sharing method from the phone’s network settings. The steps below cover current iPhone and cellular iPad models, Google Pixel phones, Samsung Galaxy devices, other recent Android phones, and connecting from...

MakeUseOf’s latest Windows hotspot diary argues that a laptop using a phone’s mobile hotspot can burn gigabytes of data in a single day unless cloud sync, game launchers, app updates, Windows Update, Delivery Optimization, startup apps, and metered connection settings are brought under control...

Windows 11’s latest Field Guide update, published June 23, 2026 by Paul Thurrott, revisits Internet Connectivity in Windows 11, covering Wi-Fi, Ethernet, cellular data, Airplane mode, and Mobile hotspot as the practical plumbing behind Microsoft’s modern PC experience. The timing is almost too...