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Share the Internet Connection: Sharing an internet connection from an Android smartphone is both simple and practical. This allows you to use your mobile plan data on your tablet or computer.

How to Share the Internet Connection on Smartphone
How to Share the Internet Connection on Smartphone

In this tutorial, we will take it step by step so that you can configure internet connection sharing from your smartphone to another device in a jiffy.

A very practical option onAndroid, connection sharingallows you to transform your smartphone into a modem or a hotspot. Your computer or tablet will then be able to use the data plan of your smartphone to connect to the internet subject to having a sufficient data plan.

How to Share the Internet Connection on Smartphone?

Android like iOS allows you to easily transform your smartphone into a WiFi, Bluetooth and USB router. We can then use 3G / 4G mobile data as an internet connection and share it with the devices of your choice.

WiFi, Bluetooth, USB… each connection mode has its particularities, advantages and disadvantages which should be taken into account depending on the situation.

Whensharing a connection via WiFi, your smartphone creates an ad-hoc wireless network for which you can choose the name and password. Other devices connect to it like any other wireless router.

The advantage of this connection mode is its simplicity. The downside is that you can’t really control what connects to it. This can lead to excessive data consumption.

TheBluetooth tetheringis based on the specifics of this technology. The range of the bluetooth signal is relatively short, which limits the risks of unwanted connections. To connect to your bluetooth network, you must also pair the devices. In general, only one device can be connected via bluetooth.

Thetethering via USB changes the behavior of C-USB port on your smartphone. So when you connect your smartphone to your computer, it detects a new network card and installs drivers – at least during the first connection.

After configuration, the connection can be established. This method is the most secure since it is impossible to connect via USB without your knowledge – and the fact that there is no wireless network limits the risk of hacking.

Note : connection sharing via USB is only compatible with Windows and Linux PCs.

How to do connection sharing on Android

To do this, first check that the airplane mode is inactive and the data is activated. The following steps are very simple:

    • Go toSettings
    • Go toMore> Connection Sharing,Network and Internet> Access Point and Connection Sharing, or similar, the aim being to find a menu with the wordsConnection Sharingin the settings

What happens next depends on whether you want to share your smartphone’s internet connection via WiFi, Bluetooth or USB.

Wireless

    • TapWiFi hotspot
    • Tap if necessaryConfigure the Wi-Fi access pointto choose the access point name, password and security

Note : even if the interface allows it, it is strongly advised not to chooseNonefor the security of the key. Like at home, choose something more secure like WPA2 TKIP-AES. And a sufficiently complex key, especially in public places.

    • Activate theWiFi access point

Bluetooth

    • ActivateBluetooth Connection Sharing

USB

    • ActivateConnection Sharing via USB

How to connect a device

There is nothing simpler, after having activated the corresponding connection sharing!

Wireless

    • Find the WiFi network created by your smartphone and connect with the password and security you have configured

Bluetooth

    • Pair the device with your smartphone (on your smartphone go toConnected devices>Connection preferences>Bluetooth)
    • Configure the device to connect to the Internet via the Bluetooth network. The procedure depends on the device and its operating system: consult the manufacturer’s documentation or the operating system

USB

    • Connect your smartphone to the computer via USB
    • The rest is automatic: your connection will be available within a few seconds

Connection sharing: how to limit the impact on autonomy?

Sharing your internet connection from a smartphone consumes a lot of battery. Some smartphones can limit this by automatically disabling the access point when no device is connected to it. In the other cases, to keep a little autonomy:

    • Recharge your smartphone as soon as possible from the mains or external battery
    • Manually deactivate connection sharing when it is no longer necessary

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