Our mobile can act as a router and create a WiFi network so that other devices can connect and surf the Internet, something you can do from an Android mobile or an iPhone, since you do not have to have great knowledge to activate this possibility.
In just a few steps you can create a secure WiFi network with the password you choose so that a PC, another mobile, a tablet or another gadget can connect to that network. Of course, the mobile from which you create that network must have a 3G or 4G data connection with a large number of gigs.
That is in the case that you are going to make intensive use of the Internet, that is, you are going to watch YouTube videos, listen to music online and other tasks that spend a lot of megabytes, if it is to consult social networks, search for something on Google or something similar , with a few gigabytes you have plenty.
And is that the smartphone that creates the WiFi network offers the Internet to all devices and for this it makes use of the mobile rate of your phone , so keep this in mind if you have a fairly modest rate in terms of data because the Expense can be quite high.
On the iPhone or iPad
We can turn the iPhone or iPad with 3G or LTE connectivity into a router and we are going to activate what in iOS is called “personal access point , which is nothing more than that. Once enabled, a WiFi network called “iPhone” or “iPad” will appear for the rest of the devices.
To do this, follow these steps:
- Enter settings and then “personal access point“.
- Activate the “allow another to connect” box and modify the WiFi password if you want it to be different from the one offered by the system.
From now on, others will be able to connect to your mobile’s WiFi network, which in this case is called “iPhone”, the only thing is that you will have to enter the password to access and surf the Internet. You will be able to know that someone has connected because the top bar of iOS, where the clock and the WiFi icons, battery status and others are, is blue.
On an Android mobile
You can also create a WiFi network from an Android mobile, which will allow it to act as a router with Internet access, but making use of the data connection. The steps can be very different depending on the phone from where you activate it, in this case we are going to create the network from a Xiaomi mobile, follow these steps:
- Open the settings and go to the “portable access point” option.
- Now activate the option “portable access point”.
The network is called “Redmi”, although in this case the possibility of changing the name and also the password is offered by entering the “configure portable access point” section.
You can even change the band (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) and the security type as well. Then you can search the network on other devices.