How To Use Hotspot And Wifi At The Same Time

[Margy Eilbeck]

Androiddevices now allow users to run WiFi and hotspots simultaneously, enhancing connectivity options. This feature can be useful in various scenarios, including extending weak Wi-Fi signals or bypassing device limitations in settings like hotels.

Android has been a platform of limitless possibilities, often ahead of its iOS counterpart in features and flexibility. Using WiFi and hotspot in Android devices simultaneously was challenging a few years ago and required device rooting. Thanks to software updates and hardware advancements, the feature is natively supported on many Android devices.

This will activate wifi and Hotspot in Android while keeping your Wi-Fi enabled. But remember, this is the simplest and fastest way to enable it, and it might not offer you the full range of customizable options.

wifi name is ADMIN I corrected it but it still gives the same error and also the 8920657626 is password of hotspot.

also we can choose the desired name we want for our hotspot so this isn't the issue.

I watched the tutorial video on network setup, and it clearly demonstrated that it's possible to have all 3 networking modes enabled at the same time. HOWEVER, when I configure the Ui24R to join an existing WiFi network, the Internal Hotspot becomes disabled. And after doing that, if I try to re-enable the Internal Hotspot, the WiFi Configuration becomes disabled. I can't manage to get both configured and enabled at the same time. Has anyone else run into this? My Ui24R is brand new, firmware version 3.4.8318-ui24.

It seems that with one wireless network card, I can either connect the wifi or create hotspot. But in windows, I can connect the wifi, create hostspot and share the network with the hotspot as the same time. In the ubuntu, what should I do?

and look for the part, where interface combinations are mentioned.This will tell you about the capabilities of your WiFi hardware/driver.You get info about which modes can be used in parallel (if supported) and how many channels are available for this (on most standard HW you will be limited to a single channel).

To turn on Wifi hotspot to share the intenet without disconnecting from WiFi (means both are running at same time). This tool can be helpful for this. Follow the steps given there. This tool has a nice GUI and easy to use.

This is not a recent addition per se on Samsung Galaxy phones, but it might not work on all Galaxy phones. We tried it on the Galaxy S23 and S22 series where it was working perfectly, but not so much on the Galaxy A54. This could be a hardware limitation due to the processor or a better modem on the flagship series. So, we urge you to go through this method and try it on your own Galaxy.

1. To use Wi-Fi and hotspot at the same time on Samsung Galaxy Devices, first connect the phone to your Wi-Fi network. Then go to the Settings app on your device and then tap on Connections.

4. Now, turn ON the Mobile Hotspot. When you enable Mobile Hotspot, you will see your device is connected to the Wi-Fi and has Hotspot turned on as well. This way, you should see that your Android is sharing your Wi-Fi as a separate network for other devices.

Now you know how to share any Wi-Fi network with others in the form of a hotspot, enhancing your workflow. This way, you can use the Internet on all phones and even laptops even if a network allows access to only one device. Simply turn your phone into a Wi-Fi hotspot while still using Wi-Fi.

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I own a pixel 7a and a 3a. On my 3a running stock android, I can run the hotspot and Wifi at the same time, so I often use it as a wifi extender. However, on my pixel 7a, when I run the hotspot, wifi is disabled. Is this a GOS problem or a pixel 7a problem?

On my 6a, I can have hotspot and wifi enabled at the same time (enabling hotspot does not disable wifi automatically like it does on my 7a) which allows me to share my wifi instead of cell. Seems like a bug or some hardware change that causes it, perhaps?

As far as I know, it is not possible to connect to Wifi on a Laptop and creating a hotspot (without using a Wireless usb adapter) in the same time. But recently with my friend using his laptop (an old small size HP notebook) he could share the internet on Windows 10 by creating a Hotspot and connecting to the Wifi in the same time.

it is very possible to use hotspot and browse the internet with the same wifi card at the same time (simultaneously).i have been using it for sometime now.ideapad 100s 141br with card intel dualband 3160,ubuntu.

an open AP , where wlp2s0 is my physical wireless card, MyAccessPoint is my hotspot name. The first wlp2s0 is where you want to supply with internet, and the second wlp2s0 is the card connected to the internet (in this case it is the same card). The command would be running it the terminal so tuck it into the launcher. You can stop the hotspot from terminal with ctrl+c

Going with point 3, if any software was developed to allow both client and AP mode simultaneously the radio would first need to communicate like a client and then pass the data along as an AP. The latency would be undesirable, and the most likely cause that no one has made software to run both client and AP mode at the same time.

I don't know of any straight forward tool other than Android apps (which use Wi-Fi Direct) that will let use wi-fi and hotspot at the same time. Neither it's a standard feature introduced in custom ROM's so far (AFAIK). However you can do this manually if you are comfortable with commandline usage. But it's NOT possible without root.

This means that your wireless chip supports creating at maximum 3 interfaces, one of which can be in AP mode, with others being in managed or P2P mode, and at maximum 1 channel is supported. If channels value is 2, you can operate both interfaces on different channels. However using same channel is recommended to avoid interference.

Usually these binaries come bundled with Android. However there are modifications by Google and vendors to make these tools fit for Android needs. So they may not behave as standard Linux tools and in rare cases you might need to compile them from source.

There is an app called VPN Hopspot - Tethering/Wi-Fi repeater on Google Play, it's open sourced on GitHub at here. Should work on most recent android devices powered by snapdragon SoC (root required).

You can not simply do it without root. But you can use USB and BlueTooth tethering using a Wi-Fi network. I would suggest using BlueTooth tethering if you want to share internet on other phones because it is a mess to do all that to use Wi-Fi and hotspot at same time.

I would like to create a WiFi Hotspot using the Raspberry Pi. It does not have to provide a internet connection to the devices which are connected. But the raspberry Pi should still be connected to the WiFi so that it can be in the internet. I followed a tutorial to create a hotspot which works well. Unfortunately I cannot connect to the internet anymore with the raspberry pi. So is it possible that I create a "local" hotspot without internet and connect at the same time with my raspberry pi to a wifi network or is it simply impossible?

Yes, it is possible to establish an access point and connect the RasPi as client to your internet router at the same time only with one WiFi interface. It is able to use the physical interface wlan0 and create a second virtual interface ap0 on the same device. There is no need to use an additional WiFi dongle. How to do it you can look at Access point as WiFi router/repeater, optional with bridge.

Of course this example is made to connect the devices on the access point to the internet, because most people want this. But it is no problem to just cut the routing between access point and internet connection. In the tutorial in section Step 4: setup static interfaces you find to create the network file /etc/systemd/network/12-ap0.network. In this file just omit or comment the line IPMasquerade=yes. This is what the access point connects to the internet. Without it you are still able to connect from the RasPi direct to the internet using interface wlan0 but other devices on the access point cannot.

No, or at least it doesn't work on my Android phone. A hotspot is where you use your mobile phone signal to provide a WiFi connection to another device. You can't connect while you are using WiFi on the host device.

Setting up your phone as a wi-fi hot spot only works when you are connected to a cellular network. When you connect to a cellular network at sea, it is via satellite roaming, not the ships wi-fi network.

Well I was able to hotspot from my Samsung phone to my son's iphone. I was connected to the ship's internet and turned on mobile hotspot and my son connected to me and shared my internet at the same time. He was able to stream the cricket live while I was facebooking. Note I don't ever put my phone on airplane mode, and I believe that's why I could do it.

I never use airplane mode when I travel. I turn off data roaming and before leaving Australia I divert all incoming calls to voicemail, which is also set to convert my voicemails to a text message. I update my voicemail message to tell people how to contact me. This way I still get important messages and text messages (which are free to receive overseas with my carrier). For various reasons I need to be contactable when I cruise and this works for me.

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