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PaulZA

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#119466 2-Jun-2013 12:53
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Hi there

I have a USA Imported phone, so using the inbuilt wifi hotspot function is out of the question here.


What I would like to do is, I paid for a VPN provider which gives me a massive list of countries to choose from. (It's PPTP, and L2TP VPN connections so it should work fine.)

I can connect to them on my phone, and this also fine.

What I would like to do is, I would like to connect to the wireless connection at home first on my phone, then connect to the VPN connection, also on my phone, then set up a wireless hotspot with the VPN embedded in the connection, so then I can simply connect to the phone's network with every computer in proximity to the phone, so that it saves me creating a VPN profile for each individual computer.

Is this possible, and how?

Thanks

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nzgeek
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  #829608 2-Jun-2013 13:03
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I don't think you'll be able to do this. Android phones can only use WiFi for one thing at a time, either connecting to a network, or acting as an access point. You can't be connected and act as an access point at the same time.

You would probably be able to get this to work on 3G data, except that it would be a lot more expensive.



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  #829616 2-Jun-2013 13:29
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nzgeek: I don't think you'll be able to do this. Android phones can only use WiFi for one thing at a time, either connecting to a network, or acting as an access point. You can't be connected and act as an access point at the same time.

You would probably be able to get this to work on 3G data, except that it would be a lot more expensive.


Yes. This. You will notice on your phone that the wifi turns off as soon as you hit wifi hotspot. It would be easiest to grab a cheap access point and plug it into your router. Then that access point will act as your VPN. 

Something like this will do the trick:

http://www.pbtech.co.nz/index.php?z=p&p=NETTPL0742&name=TP-LINK-TL-WR740N-150Mbps-Wireless-IEEE802.11n-Rou

Cheers, Matt.




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