Comes in clutch sometimes. Like when a device doesn’t support captive portals (i.e. in a hotel), or your work laptop has trouble with them (as some work VPNs and security software causes problems).
Then you can just log in from your cell phone, and then share that. The phone uses WPA2-Personal, which nearly everything supports.
How would a hot spot work without a sim? Isnt it using the sim 5g to rebroadcast locally?
Some phones essentially function as wifi repeaters if wifi is connected and mobile hotspot is enabled.
Not all phones can do this.
But if the phone gets wifi… then why doesn’t the other gadget?
Edit: someone described a few plausible edge cases lower in the thread. I guess it’s not common, but it could come in handy sometimes.
You can set a phone down and walk away
Preposterous. When’s the last time you saw anyone do that?
Have you literally not heard of WiFi repeaters? It is a whole device category.
I’m not sure that a phone can repeat wifi beyond a few metres. There’s a reason that there’s some dedicated hardware for this.
It’s a bit overkill to use phone as a repeater, isn’t it?
Comes in clutch sometimes. Like when a device doesn’t support captive portals (i.e. in a hotel), or your work laptop has trouble with them (as some work VPNs and security software causes problems).
Then you can just log in from your cell phone, and then share that. The phone uses WPA2-Personal, which nearly everything supports.
Ok, I see how it could be useful in some edge cases. Hadn’t thought of those. Well done.