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J32

J32

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#273267 13-Aug-2020 16:34
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Hi guys,

so I just got the $36 endless data plan from skinny. I am trying to set my Android phone up as a hotspot, which generally works fine. I can connect with my laptop. However my laptop has no Internet access via the hotspot.

Mobile internet works fine on the phone itself and via USB tethering.

Skinny support said it should work, but to make sure I have no data saving settings enabled. I tried to find that. The only thing I could think of was the "Set a mobile data limit" option in the "Data Usage" option. Nothing enabled there though.

Anyone has any tips on what the problem could be? I'd much appreciate it.


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J32

J32

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  #2540515 13-Aug-2020 20:13
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robjg63: In my experience, it's not uncommon for some devices/laptops to fail to connect to some wifi access points.
Does your laptop see the SSID when you are trying to connect to the phone?
Are you up to date with patches? Laptop and phone.
(I have seen windows and apple laptops both have issues).
Have you tried running the windows wifi troubleshooter?


Connecting to the hotspot was not the problem. I connected to it fine. I just wasn't able to access the internet.

After troubleshooting common sense issues, I worked my way through it and in the end it turns out I had to install a newer driver version for the wifi network adapter. That fixed the problem.


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