Phoneis connected to a tired old laptop, via PdaNet+, since the Sprint plan doesn't include hotspot functionally. The laptop uses the "Connectify" app to share the PdaNet+ connection with the Ethernet port.
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In an earlier day, I was a keyboard player. I always dreamed of owning a Hammond tonewheel organ.(IMHOP, only the older models with tone wheels are 'true' Hammonds.)
A few years ago, I found one for under $200 in our local electronics recycler shop with a Leslie, apparently donated by a church. I immediately called a good friend who is both an electronic tech and a Hammond owner/player, to ask for advice. He confirmed it would be a good choice and was an incredible price, but asked me if I really needed another hobby, since keeping one running in good condition is a considerable amount of work. I don't need another time-consuming hobby, and don't really have the space to set it up, let alone work on it. I told him where it was (to share with the local Hammond community), and sadly walked away.....
Your words "tired old laptop" and "tired old router" were very inspiring to the [strike]bumbling[/strike] aspiring DIYer in me! I have an old Windows-wiped-off-and-loaded-Linux laptop that gets hot and just shuts off after about an hour of operation. I should actually throw it away but have held on to it in the hope that some day, some how, I will be able to repair it. If I succeed, this will be perfect use for the resurrected laptop!
I was using a moto E6 with easytether pro connected to my gl.inet mango router (also with easytether installed) but it wasn't the most stable connection. I find pdanet a lot more stable than easytether but there isn't a way I know of directly linking the phone to the gl.inet router with pdanet. Was trying to bypass the laptop.
Here is a video explaining how to connect your hotspot phone to your router by changing some of your router settings, assuming your router has similar settings as the router in the video. Or if you have another router sitting around, you can set it to bridge mode and connect it to bridge your phone to your router.
Thanks I'll take a look. Will that setup bypass tethering restrictions? That is the part that causes the extra complication. My router lets me tether directly from my phone which is straightforward but tethering restrictions will still be there.
The US really needs to drop these oppressive tethering restrictions. If you buy Xgb of data it doesn't matter how you use it. No need to limit tethering. On a plan like visible which is truly unlimited then it becomes important to have restrictions but those plans are rare.
When using my T-Mobile phone with only 14GB of LTE hotspot I have to use PdaNet to bypass the restriction. Since I don't know of any routers with built-in PdaNet clients I go through the laptop to "convert" back to regular wifi.
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