How To Use Personal Hotspot

Go to settings cellular personal hotspot or settings personal hotspot.

How to use personal hotspot. Scroll down to the personal hotspot section. Step 1 turn on your mobile hotspot. Slide the maximize compatibility toggle to the on position. On your mac use the wi fi status menu in the menu bar to choose the name of the iphone or ipad providing your personal hotspot. Open settings on your iphone 12 or later with ios 14 0 1 or later.

There are three ways to connect to your iphone and use its data connection. Some options will appear. For ios the mobile hotspot was named personal hotspot and it can be located once you open the settings and tapping the cellular tab. You can switch between 2 4ghz and 5ghz bands in the iphone s personal hotspot settings. Make sure you ve enabled cellular which is right above personal hotspot on the settings screen.

The simple presence of this option should indicate that you have personal hotspot on your phone but continue to the next step to be totally sure. When you turn personal hotspot on it will allow you to use any of these three options you don t need to alter any settings. First open the settings app and tap personal hotspot to access the personal hotspot settings. This opens a list of available wireless networks. An alternative for this is by opening the settings and tapping the tethering and mobile hotspot feature located near wi fi or bluetooth buttons.

On your ipad ipod touch or another iphone go to settings wi fi then tap the name of the iphone or ipad providing your personal hotspot. If the personal hotspot option is missing there are a few fixes you can try. If you re using an android or iphone as a hotspot for your computer turn it on now step 2 click the icon. Tap the settings app to open it. Open settings and then go to cellular or mobile data.

Connect to personal hotspot with wi fi bluetooth or usb. If you re not connected to a network right now you ll see an asterisk at the top left corner of this icon step 3 click the name of the hotspot. Tap the slider next to allow others to join. It s in the taskbar near the clock which is usually at the bottom right corner of the screen. On the next screen you will find a list of devices and next to them information on how much mbs or gbs each of the device has consumed from your device.