Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: vallor Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.os.linux Subject: Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Date: 11 Feb 2025 22:00:00 GMT Lines: 71 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net RgaVYy2gQSH9B7IBanAHgwgWObtLG4ARdQIlKouXVrVy4CD6HS Cancel-Lock: sha1:r75HuJYEWN7pwnWSXqEJpjdSXTE= sha256:ZS+wOATnLMJyXBLunxsWI9xsUn2Tbk/Szxo93HHAFNA= X-Face: +McU)#<-H?9lTb(Th!zR`EpVrp<0)1p5CmPu.kOscy8LRp_\u`:tW;dxPo./(fCl CaKku`)]}.V/"6rISCIDP` User-Agent: Pan/0.161 (Hmm3; dea36dc9; Linux-6.14.0-rc2) Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.os.windows-11:16993 alt.os.linux:80950 On Tue, 11 Feb 2025 20:52:45 +1100, Daniel70 wrote in : > On 11/02/2025 8:47 pm, Daniel70 wrote: >> On 11/02/2025 8:42 pm, Daniel70 wrote: >>> On 10/02/2025 9:14 pm, Graham J wrote: >>>> Daniel70 wrote: >>>> >>>> [snip] >>>> >>>>>> >>>>> The Computer is showing about a half dozen different Wi-Fi signals >>>>> ..... but the really frustrating thing is that, when I enable Wi-Fi >>>>> connecting on the phone .... the Computer DOESN'T 'find' a new signal. >>>> >>>> You may have misunderstood what the phone is telling you.  "Wi-Fi >>>> connecting" probably means "connect phone to a wireless access point, >>>> (probably one in a router)".  What you want is "make phone function >>>> as a wireless access point". >>>> >>>> To achieve this normally you would need to enable "hotspot" but the >>>> terminology may vary from one phone to another.  So exactly what make >>>> and model of phone do you have? >>> >>> Mobile Phone model Aspera Jazz 2 and I have now turned Wi-Fi hotspot >>> 'On'. It tells me I am using WPA2 PSK Security (does that mean >>> anything?),there is a (12 Digit) Hotspot password and is using the >>> 2.4GHz AP Band >>>> >>>> Once you have enabled the hotspot you should see a new WiFi signal on >>>> your computer.  The name of this WiFi signal will be something >>>> relating to the make and model of phone. >>> >>> .... and what do you know .... there is a 'Aspera Jazz 2' Hotspot >>> device showing up on my Computers list of possible connections ..... >>> so here I go!!!! >>> >>> It seems to suggest it has connected via 'Aspera JAZZ 2' and the >>> Mobile phone is now showing 'Android system     Tethering or Hotspot >>> active 1 connected 0 blocked'. >>> >>> But ..... >>> "Sending of the message failed. >>> The message could not be posted because connecting to the news server >>> failed. The server may be unavailable or is refusing connections. >>> Please verify that your news server settings are correct and try again." >>> >>> So I've re-enabled the Telco Modem Wi-Fi and here we are!! (I hope!!) >> >> Did I just have a 'Doh!!' moment?? When I picked up my mobile phone to >> turn off the 'Hotspot and Tethering' .... and realised I hadn't actually >> turned ON the phone's mobile data function .... so, second time around >> ..... > > And, Lo and Behold!! I have uploaded a message to the Internet and > downloaded that same message from the Internet .... and starting the > Browser function of my SeaMonkey Suite and I can SEE WEBSITES!! > > Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!! > > (Now to remember to keep a check on how much of my 4.5GB Mobile Phone > Data I'm using .... until my normal account becomes re-active on about > the 20th of the month.) > > Thank you!! Thank you! Thank you. ;-) Congrats! :) -- -v System76 Thelio Mega v1.1 x86_64 NVIDIA RTX 3090 Ti OS: Linux 6.14.0-rc2 Release: Mint 22.1 Mem: 258G