Rogers, Android, tethering...

[James Knott]

Peter King wrote:
>   
>> >Why not use WiFi tethering?  That's what I do.  I enable the WiFi
>> >hotspot function of my phone and use that.  Works well and I don't need
>> >any cables.  Also, it supports tethering up to 8 devices.
> Tried it, also doesn't work. I guess Rogers is a step ahead this time.

Why do you say it doesn't work?  Rogers promotes tethering in some of 
their ads.  IIRC, only the smallest data plan doesn't allow tethering.  
Given your problems with both tethering and using a portable hot spot, I 
suspect your problems lie elsewhere.  With my phone, I had to configure 
the hot spot feature and then enable it when I want to use it.  Have you 
done that?

To configure the hot spot feature on my phone, I had to enter a Network 
SSID, security type and password.  Security type should be WPA2 PSK, 
unless you have older hardware that doesn't support it.


Here's some info from the Rogers site:

"What is tethering

Tethering is the use of your phone as a wireless modem to connect to the 
Internet from your computer. If you subscribe to a data plan which 
includes at least 1GB of data transmission and if you have a compatible 
device, you may use tethering as part of the volume of data included in 
your plan at no additional charge."

<http://www.rogers.com/web/Rogers.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=search&Ntt=Tethering>

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