Saturday, 12 May 2018

How to let Windows 7 laptop provide an internet connection to my Android?


Google didn't help me at all on this. I have a Samsung Galaxy S mobile phone, running Android 2.3.3. I'm wondering whether it's possible to have my laptop providing an internet connection for it. I guess a sort of tethering, but reversed.


Prerequisites for that is the mobile phone, to connect to the Internet not directly but through a Windows machine. Can you help me? Ad hoc networking (as proposed in another thread) doesn't seem to work in my situation.


Thank you :)



Answer



I just installed Virtual Router - Wifi Hot Spot for Windows on my Windows 7 laptop. I can now connect my Asus Nexus Android device to the internet through my laptop.


That tool creates... guess what :) a virtual wireless router!


It lets you enter a name for the SSID (network name), a password and choose which connection you'd like to share. That's it. It also shows you which devices are connected to it.


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