The down side is that it will use cellular data. She may have to work with her carrier to enable hotspot and it may cost a little extra. Whether the computer will automatically connect after the first time is a good question that she probably will have to sort out after the fact. I use the hotspot with my work phone when I am traveling for work. If I turn wifi off on the computer until after it is at the desktop, then turn on the persenal hotspot, then turn on the wifi, it generally connects automatically. When she leaves the apartment, she should just turn off the personal hotspot on the phone and turn it on when she returns. HTH, Richard
> On Jun 4, 2017, at 1:03 PM, Ann Byrne <ann...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > My student wants to set up her phone as a hot spot, instead of using the > unreliable internet connection in the apartment complex where she lives. > > 1. Will her computer connect automatically after the initial set up? > 2. When she takes the phone with her away from the computer, is she still > transmitting internet data? > 3. When she comes back home, will the computer find the internet without her > doing anything about it? > 4. What is the down side of the process? > > Thanks. This is uncharted territory for me. Is there an article somewhere I > can read to learn more? > > Thanks, > > Ann > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
