Tethering : Mobile phone as a modem
Posted on July 13th, 2010 in battery maintain, battery review | Comments Off
For those who prefer more detail , takes up the free Tool T -Online WLAN -Access Finder back . Click the program first boot to the desired network A and then how to link B. The disadvantage of these ways: you need the notebook
Who a iPhone his own calls , so the environment will first check with a tool like WifiTrak . So you know immediately whether it’s worth it to fish out the notebook. WifiTrak costs 79 cents and is available in IBM laptop battery Store.
Commercial Hotspots
If no open , free access is provided in the vicinity, offers the hotspot on a telecom provider , for example by the German Telekom. They want to see , however, in most cases, cash.
Tip for business travelers: If you are in Switzerland, you can use the extensive hotspot network of Swisscom. Swisscom operates in Switzerland , a network of over 1,200 hotspots. Where are these , please visit the website www.swisscom.ch / res / internet / pwlan / index.htm. In addition, the company offers a free App for the iPhone Swisscom Hotspot Locator. This is the nearest access by using GPS represents the current position. Once within range, the notebook will just start the browser and invoke any Web page. Instead of the content appears the login window of Swisscom.
Speaking of hotspot: As of version 2.2 of every Android smartphone itself as a hotspot act for other WLAN -enabled devices!
Tethering : Mobile phone as a modem
Find neither a free nor a commercial Wi-Fi hotspot help , only to access the network via a USB modem. If you own a cell phone, you are often already equipped with a hotspot . Connect your phone to your laptop and use it as a modem to access the Internet. This is called tethering and can be set up very easily. The selected mobile phone subscription in any case should contain a data quota , otherwise it will be expensive.
The advantages of tethering are obvious : Because many mobile phone owners use their monthly data hardly , it can use up with the notebook and its ibm thinkpad t43 battery. Gone are the days when you had to pay for Wi-Fi hotspots.
Tethering is possible in many mobile phones , where the procedure differs from manufacturer to manufacturer. It’s best to look in the manual or the manufacturer’s website. Nokia offers for example at the address www.comms.ovi.com/m/p/ovi/suite/ International / index.html Ovi suite of free software to connect with the phone to the PC and then use it as a modem does . A good point for Windows Mobile devices is www.pocketpc.ch .
However, all wireless providers allow tethering . Often this is just a fierce charge against the case, for example, Telekom of Germany ( formerly T -Mobile). Android smartphones tethering to date, only if you install a special ( free ) software. Since change in theory but with has implemented Android 2.2, the tethering in the operating system. However, mobile service providers to their subscribers a customized version of Android 2.2 are ready , is disabled when tethering .
How quickly you example with your modem in the iPhone Internet on the move will depend on two factors : first, the type of connection to the notebook and Ibm thinkpad t42 battery plays a role. A USB connection is faster than one on the wireless technology Bluetooth. Second, the speed rises and falls with the available mobile network. If the iPhone connected via UMTS or even better with HSDPA , the connection works much faster than via EDGE. And for the future is the much faster LTE technology, a speed rush suspect.