How to connect wifi through bluetooth

DaveM Independent Advisor. The best and most reliable method is to use the Mobile Hotspot on your phone, then on your PC, you will just see that as another WiFi connection that you can connect to, by clicking the Network icon on your Taskbar. If you do want to use the Bluetooth functionality Open the settings App gear icon on your Start Menu Go to Devices Make sure Bluetooth is turned on and click dd Bluetooth or other device Choose Bluetooth and click Connect if required on that connection Right-click the Bluetooth icon in the system tray Taskbar , then select 'Join a Personal Area Network' In the pop-up window, right-click your phone, then click Connect using - Access Point.

How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. This site in other languages x. So if you does not see the phone in the blue tooth check on the other phone. I found this article informative since I have used the hotspot feature of my phone and have had up to 4 devices using the hotspot with Bluetooth off at the same time.

I've not tried using Bluetooth tethering yet but now I'm curious if there's any connection speed benefit to using Bluetooth tethering. Hi Dean! Bluetooth's maximum speed is higher than that of 3G, so it wouldn't matter if you're sharing via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth in that case. My phone got problem WiFi hardware.

So Bluetooth saved me. The internet speed was slow for watch HD video and download app, it's usually lose connection and need to setup again. However, fast for normal web browsing. Thank you!!! When loading a big file from wifi internet connection over bluetooth, it crashes inevitably. Juste make a test with nperf to see it by youself. Otherwise, standard BT max bandwidth will not exceed kbps, which is generaly enough to read a p YouTube stream.

How cool is that? I always wondered if it was possible to use Bluetooth to share Wi-Fi. I had no problem with this method using my old Z3 compact but changing my phone to the new XZ Premium is giving me problems. The Access Point option has been replaced by Direct Connection which doesn't establish any connection. Any ideas? Nice touch from Samsung.

The only other way for other phones is Bluetooth sharing. Saw it from this vid. Dear sir :-I read this article. Please click here if you are not redirected within a few seconds. Mobility News E-Bikes. Jump to What is Bluetooth tethering? When to use Bluetooth tethering? What is Bluetooth tethering?

Learn how to make use of the Bluetooth tethering feature on Android smartphones. As to why anyone would want to do this, hear me out.

When you want to conserve battery You might already know it - but the general consensus is that the Wi-Fi Hotspot feature is a massive battery hog.

Ensure Bluetooth is On. Enter your password. The default password is maker. These instructions were written using OS X On your host computer, open System Preferences and go to Bluetooth. This will make your host computer discoverable. It should find your computer. Click Create when you are done. You may or may not see your EV3 listed next to Device: as shown.

Instead, we will initiate the connection from the EV3 itself later. To share our Internet connection with the EV3. Go back to System Preferences and select Sharing.

On the right, Share your connection from: will be Wi-Fi or Ethernet if you have a wired connection. Then check the box next to Bluetooth PAN. Now check the box next to Internet Connection on the left to enable it. Read the warning and then click Start.

Back on the EV3, you should have a Network Connection button. Select Connect here. You can also check the box for Connect automatically. State should change to Online to indicate that the EV3 has an Internet connection.

These instructions were written using Ubuntu It should work for other versions of Ubuntu, derivatives of Ubuntu and desktop environments as well. The default Bluetooth and network settings in Ubuntu do not have support for this, so first you need to install blueman on your host computer. Go to Network.