Thread: Nokia N9 wifi hotspot
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jalyst is offline jalyst
2013-09-27 , 09:09
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Originally Posted by Dinho View Post
I just tried to use my MacBook with N9's hotspot and it worked. However, a Windows 7 laptop was not able to connect to the Internet. Even though the systems indicates that there is Internet connection for IPv4, I cannot open any web pages.
At first I thought this was an issue with Windows devices, as a Windows 8 tablet cannot connect to the hotspot either. But when I try to connect the iPad to the hotspot, it doesn't work either. It behaves just like the Windows 7 laptop, i.e. connects to the hotspot, receives Wifi signal, gets assigned the proper IPv4 address (within the range I have specified in the app), but cannot load any web pages. This is strange because the iPad used to be able to browse the web using the hotspot connection.
Can anyone shed some light on this issue?
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This is so annoying, so far I've not been able to get this wifi hotspot app to work on OS X 10.8 OR Windows 7.
What's more infuriating, is that Windows 7 won't remember the WEP key, so testing different settings in the app is a painful exercise.
I guess the idea once/if I get it going, is that any subsequent machines will connect to the N9 via the 1st machine that's connected to it?

(2)
Bluetooth tethering works on OS X, but so far I've not been able to get it working on Windows 7.
Anyone know if the BT tethering will allow 2-3 BT clients at once? (I'll try that on a 2nd Mac later).
I know BT's bandwidth is very limited, but I'm only talking about light users who usually aren't bandwidth intense, & usually there'd only be one user.

(3)
I've now tested USB tethering via Nokia Suite on Windows 7 & it works fine, I don't think the same is possible on OS X via Nokia Link?
There's a more nerdy way to do USB tethering for OS X & possibly Windows 7/8, but this is for someone who's not the least bit technically inclined.

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I haven't yet had a chance to test any of these tethering approaches in Windows 8.
If anyone knows that some or all of them work, & can provide pointers, please do so.

Thank-you.
Last edited by jalyst; 2013-10-01 at 08:11.