I am a high level network engineer and as soon as this man spoke about his western digital NAS device, I immediately subscribed. He’s very intelligent and helpful. I like this guy a lot!!
Despite working with some different equipment, your video was exceedingly helpful in using that equipment nevertheless. Thank you very much for this as it's actually going to be benefiting my business.
This was very helpful. I needed to provide an internet connection inside my car. On board i have a desktop computer with a wireless router that has static ips assigned to a few connections. I needed a way to use my hotspot as a modem through an ethernet connection. This worked perfect!
Could not get Internet Connectivity. Hotspot showed bridge connected on the wireless side and was able to connect to the eithernet side of the briadge. When I moved cable to router internet port that is when everything went to s^%&^&t.
Thanks for the video, I just bought an old 90s iMac for $5 from a friend as a joke and I wanna see if it works. Also I love the background, the house looks pretty cozy
Your way was the easiest & best I've seen. I have unlimited internet however I can now travel using my Phone Internet with my Laptop. I went on eBay & bought the exact same Wireless-G for 29 dollars & BAM!! worked :) Thanks so much!!
Great idea. My need is to control my house smart switches without my lame (always going out) cable router. I think the only issue is that the phones AP service times out eventually, and then I’d have to climb in the attic and restart it. One of the joys of country life is I only get a cell signal in the ATTIC ! Maybe I can try to root my phone...
My phone company is "Visible". Send in an old smart phone and get a new one free - works great (it's a subsidiary of Verizon and works on Verizon towers) - get three other people on the party pay plan with you (separate bills), and you pay $25.00 a month for unlimited everything, and no data lag. This is my internet now. The only hitch is that the phone will only connect to one device at a time, so I'm here to learn how to connect my hotspot to a router. Thanks for this info! forgot to mention: the charger for the visible phone is a smart charger, so even if you leave it on charge all the time, it does no damage to the battery.
Oh I didn't think of that. I am considering full cellular network as 1 plan. I was thinking USB connection. You can transfer the 3/4/5g to the wireless GN. How is your experience with using the internet and upstream performance?
Did you mention how you shared your phone's data to the router? Maybe a wireless-G device is what I need. Would Linksys WRT54GL Wireless-G Wireless Router work as well?
Hey man, quick question, i was going to buy the wes610n linksys ethernet bridge to do so what you habe done here but then i seen on enay all these wireless ethernet bridge router adapter dongle, will that dongle serve the same function as to take my mobile hotspot once hooked upto router so i can hardwire to like my samsung hub and amazon acho and what not??
I have my iPhone hotspot connected to my router using the exact same bridge (Linksys WET54G) and followed your instructions. It does indeed add an internet connection to my TP-Link 1750 router, however, it seems extremely slow to make a connection to an internet resource. Once it does, the speed seems to be OK. In fact, I will get time out errors before a web page will load. If I connect to my iPhone hotspot via my wireless on my PC, I do not see these same delays. Is there something I'm missing that might be causing the lag in the response time?
Thank you this will be very helpful. I have an office where all share the internet. I've been wondering how I might be able to share my mobile hotspot via a router. I have a couple none wifi devices and this will be helpful.
Can ya show how this would work with a TP-Link c5400 and a Mobile Hotspot, my LG Phone has a option that allows you to "share via Connected WiFi". Can ya show how this could work?
I don't have either router or bridge...that being said if you had to purchase them now which would you recommend? I want to be able to share for the house and I want to be able hook up my security camera system so that I can monitor when I'm not home. Thanks for your help in advance.
Easy you don't you configure a bridge router for both connections but even still its choppy better to use one or the other or pay for 2 ISP's to merge the connections this guy never even configured a bridge router just gave both wireless signals the same SSID Name and same password and said it bridged yall. Not how it works you actually need too configure a front end device to merge both signals. If this guy was in IT he was prob fired after posting this video no offense but shit like this just misinforms techs who are actually trying to learn this stuff.
Annoys the shit out of me when misinformation like this becomes a norm because someone half assed and didn't do the research for themselvs. Happy that you know, a bridge is required for this to work.
On top of that the ancient piece of s*** bridge that he's using isn't even compatible in some formats with anything other than WEP and WAP which are also ancient so yes misinformation is exactly what this is, I've learned with my wallet
Better if you could connect a 5G phone via USB tethering to a router, but none exist that support it. Asus do have some but they only support 3G/4G usb tethering.
@@blindlygoing WiFi is still faster than 5G, so it will be sufficient. But if you want USB, you can do that with Pfsense on a Pi4 or just a Debian server and "bridge" the tethering with the ethernet and then further to WAN on your router.
Hi, Kenneth. Quick question. Currently with home broadband and standard router from EE(I’m in the Uk). Line is old my best are 9Mbps Down and 1.something UP. I also have an unlimited 5G contract with an iPhone 12 Pro Max and allowed to use it as a hotspot for a maximum of 600GB of shared data. Due to a fall on stairs at work as a male nurse and trimaleolar fracture followed by surgery, I am still home recovering and my ICU is very busy so would like to earn partially from home as an interpreter. They’re not happy with my upload speed and I can’t get better as a home broadband. They do accept only home broadband. But I’m desperate since I’m very low financially and I got 2 dependants on me so want to try to use my 5G as hotspot with another phone ideally ( the whole things is through an app the company provides, the role being work from home phone interpreter).My signal is good where I am, ping and jitter higher than home broadband but speeds are very good. Should I just use the other phone straight connected to the iPhones 5G hotspot or try running it like the gentleman in the video ( I do have another router, Billion 8800NL R2)? I am not planning to use more devices with the hotspot and it’s solely for work. Thank you. P.S it did turned out into a very long comment/question:)) Sorry.
@@japanluv sorry to hear about your injury. As I understand it, you want to use your 5G phone to connect to your Internet instead of your broadband. If the hotspot is sufficient and have the WiFi coverage you need, then it is find with just Hotspot. Use the method in the video if you have devices that are only using cable or the WiFi coverage is insufficient from your phones hotspot. About the bandwidth limit...I can only say, try it out. For reference, my familiy of five uses around 600-800GB streaming music, TV, Chromecast and gaming. Good luck with it and take care ;-)
This is very helpful. But before I attempt I have a question. What is the black cable on the WiFi router ?(third cable: one being power, one being blue connected to the bridge, and then there is a black one). Thanks.
If all you want to do is connect your PS 4, you can just connect it directly to your hot spot. The purpose of the bridge is to connect the entire home network.
Thanks..you did not tell us in the end if the desktop computer or the blueray biz is cat 5 connected back to the router..which was wirelessly connected to the phones hotspot....i would suppose it is...plse advise..thanks
I was expecting to see some network fu to achieve this on a near impossible setup but this shows a dedicated hardware for the sole purpose. Leave a dedicated hardware, most of the modern routers come with repeater mode and all you have to do is select to operate in repeater mode and choose your mobile hotspot (or any wifi hotspot) to repeat. Then the selected hotspot will act as the WAN gateway and you can use the router normally.
all he did was create another network with the same SSID, this doesn't actually sync both devices and this isn't how you connect a router too a mobile hotspot just 2 different networks
I followed the steps shown in this helpful video. However, the part where the bridge connects to the phone is omitted and at this point I'm unable to get the Bridge to connect with the iPhone hotspot. Is this an issue with an iPhone vs. Android? Thoughts?
I am unaware of any issues with connecting a bridge to an iphone. Once you apply the settings to the bridge it should just connect. I would reset the bridge and re-enter the settings.
@@PrayerefireDS It appears that the first 3 numbers in the IP addresses of the router and the iPhone must match so they are on the same logical LAN, so the devices can talk to each other. With Android you have full control. With iPhone - well, that is my present project. It is unclear whether the address they use is always the same, something like (if I remember correctly) 172.20.10 instead of the usual 192.168.1, or are dynamically assigned - in which case we are all screwed.
Really great... great video? Can you elaborate for us all here.... this video just misinforms thousands of people this isn't how you bridge a mobile hotspot and a front end router why the fk are there no techs speaking up.
I tired following all these steps, but afterwards my Linksys router did not show up on any of my devices. I checked the hotspot setting on and it said the Linksys router was successfully connected to my hotspot. Any ideas?
I'm in the UK on pay as you go and I literally get unlimited data on Giffgaff (02) £25 and hotspot it through a portable WiFi router and plug an ethernet into my Xbox because it doesn't work online
To bad it dont work like this anymore. I use to always have hotspot and now since 5g came out I never have it and if I do it says there's no internet although its connected. And for the "unlimited" phone plan service stops for hotspot after you reach 35gb of phone data
Hi :) I'm assuming that a Nano Travel Router (with bridge mode function) would also work ? I am on the Visible Network (owned by Verizon) & they have unlimited everything for $40 a month including taxes & fees,... Down to $25 a month if you get 3 peeps in your "party" (all separate & private accounts & pay their own bills) & they do allow hot spot to one device. I want to hot spot to a nano travel router then bridge to my home router :)
I actually did buy a $19 travel router with it's own RJ45 ethernet cable & did what I mentioned above,... Hot Spotted to the travel router then plugged that travel router into my home router with no other set up & all my devices that were already set to my home router did not need to be changed in the settings because they were already set to the home router ;) I have since upgraded the router to one that allows USB tethering from the cell phone so I hot spot it that via the charge/data cable & the router keeps the phone charged too :)
@@davidlomm4424 what kind of router did you upgrade to? I've been working from home since this mess started and have been looking into affordable home internet options. I've almost blown threw the 15 GB LTE hotspot data and really don't want to pay Verizon an additional $35 for just 5 gb when visible is unlimited. Any help would be appreciated.
@@mstuckey311 Asus RT-AX58U ! It was about $180 ish from Best Buy & it does accept USB tethering so the charge/data cord from my phone plugs into the USB port & you turn on Hot Spot on yr phone & select USB tethering,... The router keeps the phone charged too,... This is best for me because I have a separate phone I use for home WIFI,... Other wise you can buy a cheap travel router to hot spot yr phone to & then plug it into your existing home router :) Here's the one I bought & I love it ! Great when travelling or camping too if you have kids,... My step son powered it from a battery pack to hot spot his phone to it then use it as a wifi router to keep his kids happy. www.ebay.com/itm/VAP11G-Wireless-Bridge-Cable-Convert-RJ45-Ethernet-Port-to-WiFi-Dongle-AP-Vonets/351903580172?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
he may not have internet in the house at all or is just showing you this stuff for you to learn if u do not have a actual live internet comin in.like out in the WOODS !
You did a fair job of explaining how to connect the components, except you stepped across the computer part. Obviously the router has to be connected to a computer to finish the set-up process. You neglected to explain how to connect the router to a computer.. or does the computer have to be on the internet at the time. I appreciate your time and effort here, but for tech challenged people like me, you can't skip any of it.
For me it was clear what was going on, but I can definitely see where you could be confused. I am glad he kept it abbreviated. I will spell it out here. 1. Get wireless bridge. (think of this as adding an ethernet port to wifi enabled device like phone) 2. Connect phone to bridge. 3. Connect bridge to router as if it were a network device(not internet port for isp/modem device)(this allows you to access admin page) 4.Then go to admin page and change settings he listed. 5. Then plug in bridge to internet port(where modem plugs in) 6. Restart router. A computer is not needed in any step. All of those pages are accessed through phone. It connects like this phoneBrowser -> wirless bridge -> LAN ethernet port -> wifi settings page Note 1: I don't understand the need for changing the wifi security settings. I guess it is just to make connecting easier because it is same as hotspot(maybe devices will automatically connect if previously connected to hotspot) Note 1.5: You could turn wifi completely off and use router as ethernet switch. In that case the settings won't even be used, but you should still have internet. So, I see no reason for needing to change wifi security settings, but I haven't test. Note 2: Likely the DHCP setting needs to be enabled(like he showed). I don't know enough about the protocol hotspot devices with routers use to assign ip addresses. I will study this protocol in next few days and report back. The gateway ip address on hotspot will change all the time, so static setup will likely not work or be major hassle.
Please inform everyone that some of the model numbers are ancient internet device that's not compatible with WPA2-psk systems, your video cost me a lot of time and a small amount of money I ordered one of these it said new in the package but it does not support anything other than WEP and WPA, UA-cam videos are hit and miss at best
because some devices use ethernet only? In my example I have a cloud based house alarm system which requires a direct ethernet connection from the block to the internet, if you have to buy a load of wifi dongles for everything it defeats to purpose of "saving money", you may as well just get an ISP, get a router and use that.
I'm in the UK on pay as you go and I literally get unlimited data on Giffgaff (02) £25 and hotspot it through a portable WiFi router and plug an ethernet into my Xbox because it doesn't work online
connecting to a mobile hotspot yes connecting router and phone.... dude lied its not how you connect both devices all he did was give same name and password
@@voidvev if you're on about me it works, don't use it now got Virgin media best WiFi about at least I'm not stuck on data. Dunno how it is in America heard the internet isn't the best probably better off on hotspot 😂
No routers will allow USB tethering to a 5G Android phone. First problem is USB2 on most routers so not good enough to connect a 5G phone, you would need a router with USB3 to keep the phone fully charged.
I dont get it . Why do you need to set all that just to connect to a mobile hotspot. I can connect my pc to my mobile hotspot without those router and bridge thing. Just open wifi and then connect
I tried this all day today and never could get it to work. I am using the exact same bridge and a wireless G router (WRT54GL) but I am using an iPhone, not an android. Any suggestions? Thanks
its because it doesn't work he never bridged the 2 devices, all he did was give the same SSID name to both wireless signals and give them the same password, this doesn't connect them kinda annoyed that so many people think it does and amazing no network admins speaking up.
@@voidvev We did not give the same ssid and password to two networks. A bridge bridges between to networks, it does not make a network of its own. The bridge connects wirelessly to the cell phone hotspot and connects with a wired connection to the wan port on the router which then gives internet access to the entire home network. Hope this helps.
@@voidvev Yea he did. Funny you want someone to speak up but you are passing on your chance. You have 0 content. No videos on the subject or any other subject. Why don't you make a video explaining the error and how to correctly do it? Oh yea trolling is much easier.
@@mikeymartin4751 I don't feel like posting because I don't care why do I need to post explaining anything? 🤔 the guy never went in detail on what he was doing and from the viewers view the guy only created 2 ssid's with the same name never went into detail explaining that you need to create a broadcast ssid and you join the ssid by bringing in fact he gave it some other incorrect name in the video why do I need to make a video about that? If your to stupid to understand the problem or to get to the end result then it would be a waste of time posting a specific video for said individual not saying your stupid but asking me to post a video or arguing I never posted lol is kinda stupid
..... and this is why your not a technologist all you did was create another hotspot with the same ssid and password believe it or not there is something called a MAC address too distinguish multiple devices with the same name. This will not tether your phone to your router and your router to your phone "Connect Your Home Network To Your Cell Hotspot" if you had been tested you would've failed with no marks. Come on dude and you even made the video 10 minutes does this really take 10 minutes come on now
I suggest watching the video again as you seem to have idea what we were doing. We did not "create another hotspot". We took our existing home network and connected it to the internet with a bridge and cell phone hot spot.
@@PrayerefireDS I recommend you create captions if you are feeling up to it, I have had to many students use your video as a resource and get confused because they assume to bridge all they need to do is create 2 ssids with the same name maybe create a caption at the spot where you create a the connection to the ssid
Maybe next time you make a video... you make sure the volume is loud enough that someone can actually hear more than 50% of the words you are saying? In addition, SPEAK UP... and don't mutter so softly. How frustrating to try and watch this video... seriously.
@@PrayerefireDS No... I cannot hear any video I have ever watched on UA-cam lol! I send that message to every video I have ever watched because I have nothing better to do with my time. Could you ask a more stupid question? Try this >>> speaking up clearly.. and make sure audio gain is correct, ya think?
....ya all he did was give the same name to both wireless signals and gave them same passwords it wont actually connect them so in a nut shell he lost everyone because he lost his freaking mind
I am a high level network engineer and as soon as this man spoke about his western digital NAS device, I immediately subscribed. He’s very intelligent and helpful. I like this guy a lot!!
Despite working with some different equipment, your video was exceedingly helpful in using that equipment nevertheless. Thank you very much for this as it's actually going to be benefiting my business.
This was very helpful. I needed to provide an internet connection inside my car. On board i have a desktop computer with a wireless router that has static ips assigned to a few connections. I needed a way to use my hotspot as a modem through an ethernet connection. This worked perfect!
Could not get Internet Connectivity. Hotspot showed bridge connected on the wireless side and was able to connect to the eithernet side of the briadge. When I moved cable to router internet port that is when everything went to s^%&^&t.
Thanks for the video, I just bought an old 90s iMac for $5 from a friend as a joke and I wanna see if it works. Also I love the background, the house looks pretty cozy
Your way was the easiest & best I've seen.
I have unlimited internet however I can now travel using my Phone Internet with my Laptop. I went on eBay & bought the exact same Wireless-G for 29 dollars & BAM!! worked :)
Thanks so much!!
This is great. 👍
I have a dual WAN router. Will be using the setup you showed as a WAN failover with a wireless bridge connected to a MIFi device.
Great idea buddy!
Thank you so much for the tutorial. May God bless you, my sir.
Great idea. My need is to control my house smart switches without my lame (always going out) cable router. I think the only issue is that the phones AP service times out eventually, and then I’d have to climb in the attic and restart it. One of the joys of country life is I only get a cell signal in the ATTIC ! Maybe I can try to root my phone...
My phone company is "Visible". Send in an old smart phone and get a new one free - works great (it's a subsidiary of Verizon and works on Verizon towers) - get three other people on the party pay plan with you (separate bills), and you pay $25.00 a month for unlimited everything, and no data lag. This is my internet now. The only hitch is that the phone will only connect to one device at a time, so I'm here to learn how to connect my hotspot to a router. Thanks for this info! forgot to mention: the charger for the visible phone is a smart charger, so even if you leave it on charge all the time, it does no damage to the battery.
Oh I didn't think of that. I am considering full cellular network as 1 plan. I was thinking USB connection. You can transfer the 3/4/5g to the wireless GN. How is your experience with using the internet and upstream performance?
Did you mention how you shared your phone's data to the router? Maybe a wireless-G device is what I need. Would Linksys WRT54GL Wireless-G Wireless Router work as well?
Hey man, quick question, i was going to buy the wes610n linksys ethernet bridge to do so what you habe done here but then i seen on enay all these wireless ethernet bridge router adapter dongle, will that dongle serve the same function as to take my mobile hotspot once hooked upto router so i can hardwire to like my samsung hub and amazon acho and what not??
Wes610n linksys
Thanks. Now that work from
home is the trending, sometimes there is outsge with ISP. We need a back up plan not to missed our work if this happens.
Cool. Thx for sharing!
is there a way to do this using a usb-C to ethernet adapter instead, eliminating the bridge
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were you on a desktop computer?? was that computer connected through Ethernet??
I have my iPhone hotspot connected to my router using the exact same bridge (Linksys WET54G) and followed your instructions. It does indeed add an internet connection to my TP-Link 1750 router, however, it seems extremely slow to make a connection to an internet resource. Once it does, the speed seems to be OK. In fact, I will get time out errors before a web page will load. If I connect to my iPhone hotspot via my wireless on my PC, I do not see these same delays. Is there something I'm missing that might be causing the lag in the response time?
Are there other network devices that could be using bandwidth when you going through the router?
Beautiful work brother. Thanks a million
Thank you this will be very helpful. I have an office where all share the internet. I've been wondering how I might be able to share my mobile hotspot via a router. I have a couple none wifi devices and this will be helpful.
Thanks for this great idea.
Can ya show how this would work with a TP-Link c5400 and a Mobile Hotspot, my LG Phone has a option that allows you to "share via Connected WiFi". Can ya show how this could work?
For those who dont know much about computers elimate the extra cords and explain what and were each cord comes and goes to
I don't have either router or bridge...that being said if you had to purchase them now which would you recommend? I want to be able to share for the house and I want to be able hook up my security camera system so that I can monitor when I'm not home. Thanks for your help in advance.
Many newer routers have a "bridge mode" which eliminated the need for a separate Ethernet bridge.
Where can we purchase these new bridge routers???
@@CardboardRN im using a zyxel router
Great info, many of the very cheap travel routers
How do you do this without the separate bridge? Like on the linksys WRT400N with DD-WRT Firmware?
Easy you don't you configure a bridge router for both connections but even still its choppy better to use one or the other or pay for 2 ISP's to merge the connections this guy never even configured a bridge router just gave both wireless signals the same SSID Name and same password and said it bridged yall. Not how it works you actually need too configure a front end device to merge both signals. If this guy was in IT he was prob fired after posting this video no offense but shit like this just misinforms techs who are actually trying to learn this stuff.
Annoys the shit out of me when misinformation like this becomes a norm because someone half assed and didn't do the research for themselvs. Happy that you know, a bridge is required for this to work.
On top of that the ancient piece of s*** bridge that he's using isn't even compatible in some formats with anything other than WEP and WAP which are also ancient so yes misinformation is exactly what this is, I've learned with my wallet
I wonder if there an all in one router/switch on the market these days?
I know it's old, but this is actually very nice with a 5G smartphone with free data plan as 5G modems are expensive...for now :-)
Better if you could connect a 5G phone via USB tethering to a router, but none exist that support it. Asus do have some but they only support 3G/4G usb tethering.
@@blindlygoing WiFi is still faster than 5G, so it will be sufficient. But if you want USB, you can do that with Pfsense on a Pi4 or just a Debian server and "bridge" the tethering with the ethernet and then further to WAN on your router.
Hi, Kenneth. Quick question. Currently with home broadband and standard router from EE(I’m in the Uk). Line is old my best are 9Mbps Down and 1.something UP. I also have an unlimited 5G contract with an iPhone 12 Pro Max and allowed to use it as a hotspot for a maximum of 600GB of shared data. Due to a fall on stairs at work as a male nurse and trimaleolar fracture followed by surgery, I am still home recovering and my ICU is very busy so would like to earn partially from home as an interpreter. They’re not happy with my upload speed and I can’t get better as a home broadband. They do accept only home broadband. But I’m desperate since I’m very low financially and I got 2 dependants on me so want to try to use my 5G as hotspot with another phone ideally ( the whole things is through an app the company provides, the role being work from home phone interpreter).My signal is good where I am, ping and jitter higher than home broadband but speeds are very good. Should I just use the other phone straight connected to the iPhones 5G hotspot or try running it like the gentleman in the video ( I do have another router, Billion 8800NL R2)? I am not planning to use more devices with the hotspot and it’s solely for work. Thank you. P.S it did turned out into a very long comment/question:)) Sorry.
@@japanluv sorry to hear about your injury. As I understand it, you want to use your 5G phone to connect to your Internet instead of your broadband. If the hotspot is sufficient and have the WiFi coverage you need, then it is find with just Hotspot. Use the method in the video if you have devices that are only using cable or the WiFi coverage is insufficient from your phones hotspot. About the bandwidth limit...I can only say, try it out. For reference, my familiy of five uses around 600-800GB streaming music, TV, Chromecast and gaming. Good luck with it and take care ;-)
@@kenneth_jensen Thank you. Have a great weekend:D
This is very helpful. But before I attempt I have a question. What is the black cable on the WiFi router ?(third cable: one being power, one being blue connected to the bridge, and then there is a black one). Thanks.
I also have my WD MyCloud network storage device attached. This is of course not necessary.
Thank you for this tutorial. My mobile hotspot is down so I'm using the app Netshare. Can I do this with that app, it uses proxy and port settings?
I am not familiar with that app.
Does it require a bridge, or can a wireless router suffice?
My router does not have that capability, but some do.
So can I use only the bridge to connect my ps4 on internet? Or have I to have the a bridge with a router? Thx
If all you want to do is connect your PS 4, you can just connect it directly to your hot spot. The purpose of the bridge is to connect the entire home network.
Can a router do this without the bridge? I see router settings has options for different modes… ap mode/bridge mode/repeater mode
can i use frontier router after i cancel them, i dont kmow
I found you because i had the same idea pure logic 😎
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Thank you
Thanks..you did not tell us in the end if the desktop computer or the blueray biz is cat 5 connected back to the router..which was wirelessly connected to the phones hotspot....i would suppose it is...plse advise..thanks
My desktop has wired connection, blu-ray is wireless.
thx for helping the middle class
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He made us watch the entire countdown just to do a wipe and cut to a new scene anyways. Epic troll! 😂😂😂
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I was expecting to see some network fu to achieve this on a near impossible setup but this shows a dedicated hardware for the sole purpose. Leave a dedicated hardware, most of the modern routers come with repeater mode and all you have to do is select to operate in repeater mode and choose your mobile hotspot (or any wifi hotspot) to repeat. Then the selected hotspot will act as the WAN gateway and you can use the router normally.
all he did was create another network with the same SSID, this doesn't actually sync both devices and this isn't how you connect a router too a mobile hotspot just 2 different networks
Who asked you anyway?
@@fiaziqbal3279 why do you care?
I followed the steps shown in this helpful video. However, the part where the bridge connects to the phone is omitted and at this point I'm unable to get the Bridge to connect with the iPhone hotspot. Is this an issue with an iPhone vs. Android? Thoughts?
I am unaware of any issues with connecting a bridge to an iphone. Once you apply the settings to the bridge it should just connect. I would reset the bridge and re-enter the settings.
@@PrayerefireDS
I think Brian wants to know HOW to connect the bridge to the phone ?
@@PrayerefireDS It appears that the first 3 numbers in the IP addresses of the router and the iPhone must match so they are on the same logical LAN, so the devices can talk to each other. With Android you have full control. With iPhone - well, that is my present project. It is unclear whether the address they use is always the same, something like (if I remember correctly) 172.20.10 instead of the usual 192.168.1, or are dynamically assigned - in which case we are all screwed.
hello
whats the black cord to
Great video. I've 75gb of hot spots between 3 devices. That's what I'm going to do.
Really great... great video? Can you elaborate for us all here.... this video just misinforms thousands of people this isn't how you bridge a mobile hotspot and a front end router why the fk are there no techs speaking up.
I tired following all these steps, but afterwards my Linksys router did not show up on any of my devices. I checked the hotspot setting on and it said the Linksys router was successfully connected to my hotspot. Any ideas?
I need to put my hotspot in AP mode and hook it to my router Ethernet input. Help!
This is the video i needed but the go downstairs part skipped the hotspot connection to bridge. I hope it is simple to not need showing that step
Once you apply the settings to the bridge it should connect, no other step is necessary.
Great vid.. Is the same thing possible with a jetpack
why do i need a router or anything but the phone streaming to the device ipad TV etc
A usb WiFi dongle will give your desktop wireless abilities they are a few bucks on eBay
I'm in the UK on pay as you go and I literally get unlimited data on Giffgaff (02) £25 and hotspot it through a portable WiFi router and plug an ethernet into my Xbox because it doesn't work online
Thanks man, this video helped a lot, question, if I were to connect my hotspot to a router would my connection strength be better in any way?
Possibly if your device is not near your hotspot.
I there anyone out there who can point me towards a laptop with a sim card slot available?
Get a cheap portable router off eBay they will do trick about 10£
To bad it dont work like this anymore. I use to always have hotspot and now since 5g came out I never have it and if I do it says there's no internet although its connected. And for the "unlimited" phone plan service stops for hotspot after you reach 35gb of phone data
Hi :)
I'm assuming that a Nano Travel Router (with bridge mode function) would also work ?
I am on the Visible Network (owned by Verizon) & they have unlimited everything for $40 a month including taxes & fees,... Down to $25 a month if you get 3 peeps in your "party" (all separate & private accounts & pay their own bills) & they do allow hot spot to one device.
I want to hot spot to a nano travel router then bridge to my home router :)
I actually did buy a $19 travel router with it's own RJ45 ethernet cable & did what I mentioned above,... Hot Spotted to the travel router then plugged that travel router into my home router with no other set up & all my devices that were already set to my home router did not need to be changed in the settings because they were already set to the home router ;)
I have since upgraded the router to one that allows USB tethering from the cell phone so I hot spot it that via the charge/data cable & the router keeps the phone charged too :)
@@davidlomm4424 what kind of router did you upgrade to? I've been working from home since this mess started and have been looking into affordable home internet options. I've almost blown threw the 15 GB LTE hotspot data and really don't want to pay Verizon an additional $35 for just 5 gb when visible is unlimited. Any help would be appreciated.
@@mstuckey311
Asus RT-AX58U !
It was about $180 ish from Best Buy & it does accept USB tethering so the charge/data cord from my phone plugs into the USB port & you turn on Hot Spot on yr phone & select USB tethering,... The router keeps the phone charged too,... This is best for me because I have a separate phone I use for home WIFI,... Other wise you can buy a cheap travel router to hot spot yr phone to & then plug it into your existing home router :)
Here's the one I bought & I love it !
Great when travelling or camping too if you have kids,... My step son powered it from a battery pack to hot spot his phone to it then use it as a wifi router to keep his kids happy.
www.ebay.com/itm/VAP11G-Wireless-Bridge-Cable-Convert-RJ45-Ethernet-Port-to-WiFi-Dongle-AP-Vonets/351903580172?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649
@@mstuckey311
You don't live in Central PA do you lol,... I know of a M. Stucky locally to me.
@@davidlomm4424 nope, I'm in VA.
YOU JUMP STEP ….
You have not internet on you modem?
he may not have internet in the house at all or is just showing you this stuff for you to learn if u do not have a actual live internet comin in.like out in the WOODS !
You did a fair job of explaining how to connect the components, except you stepped across the computer part. Obviously the router has to be connected to a computer to finish the set-up process. You neglected to explain how to connect the router to a computer.. or does the computer have to be on the internet at the time. I appreciate your time and effort here, but for tech challenged people like me, you can't skip any of it.
For me it was clear what was going on, but I can definitely see where you could be confused. I am glad he kept it abbreviated. I will spell it out here.
1. Get wireless bridge. (think of this as adding an ethernet port to wifi enabled device like phone)
2. Connect phone to bridge.
3. Connect bridge to router as if it were a network device(not internet port for isp/modem device)(this allows you to access admin page)
4.Then go to admin page and change settings he listed.
5. Then plug in bridge to internet port(where modem plugs in)
6. Restart router.
A computer is not needed in any step. All of those pages are accessed through phone. It connects like this phoneBrowser -> wirless bridge -> LAN ethernet port -> wifi settings page
Note 1: I don't understand the need for changing the wifi security settings. I guess it is just to make connecting easier because it is same as hotspot(maybe devices will automatically connect if previously connected to hotspot)
Note 1.5: You could turn wifi completely off and use router as ethernet switch. In that case the settings won't even be used, but you should still have internet. So, I see no reason for needing to change wifi security settings, but I haven't test.
Note 2: Likely the DHCP setting needs to be enabled(like he showed). I don't know enough about the protocol hotspot devices with routers use to assign ip addresses. I will study this protocol in next few days and report back. The gateway ip address on hotspot will change all the time, so static setup will likely not work or be major hassle.
Please inform everyone that some of the model numbers are ancient internet device that's not compatible with WPA2-psk systems, your video cost me a lot of time and a small amount of money I ordered one of these it said new in the package but it does not support anything other than WEP and WPA, UA-cam videos are hit and miss at best
Why wouldn't you just tether to USB and connect the phone to the USB on the router?
For one, the router is normally in the basement and not readily accessible
It would be better to tether to a good router and ditch the bridge idea.
Only 10g? That's a minor patch on wz nowadays- usless
why not get a usb wifi dongle...more simple
because some devices use ethernet only? In my example I have a cloud based house alarm system which requires a direct ethernet connection from the block to the internet, if you have to buy a load of wifi dongles for everything it defeats to purpose of "saving money", you may as well just get an ISP, get a router and use that.
I want to connect directly to the router and this doesn't answer this.
You need a wifi bridge.
Does this work for game consoles?
I'm in the UK on pay as you go and I literally get unlimited data on Giffgaff (02) £25 and hotspot it through a portable WiFi router and plug an ethernet into my Xbox because it doesn't work online
@@tylerdutton28 thank you
connecting to a mobile hotspot yes connecting router and phone.... dude lied its not how you connect both devices all he did was give same name and password
@@voidvev ok thank you. I was wondering. I will definitely try it.
@@voidvev if you're on about me it works, don't use it now got Virgin media best WiFi about at least I'm not stuck on data. Dunno how it is in America heard the internet isn't the best probably better off on hotspot 😂
No routers will allow USB tethering to a 5G Android phone. First problem is USB2 on most routers so not good enough to connect a 5G phone, you would need a router with USB3 to keep the phone fully charged.
there are usb to ethernet adapters for cellphones. i haven't tried them yet though
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Hello sorry did not cach you did just rename the ssid with hotspot ssid name
Why are you still using AT&T it is so slow use T-Mobile
Keikaku doori
Or just tether your device using a USB.
I dont get it . Why do you need to set all that just to connect to a mobile hotspot. I can connect my pc to my mobile hotspot without those router and bridge thing. Just open wifi and then connect
alexander 'd great Some devices do not connect to wifi. Some are ethernet only devices and as such require devices like this.
@@CephalonMatt . Tnx for explainining
@@CephalonMatt . Tnx for explainining
It didnt show THE STEP WHERE YOU CONNECT YOUR MOBILE HOTSPOT TO YOUR BRIDGE
Once you apply the settings to the bridge as shown, it should connect, no other step is necessary.
Lol that's not unlimited but tmobile has unlimited
Jordan Tucke no they don't they start throttling you after 50 gigs has been used
hannah pease on god it’s so shit and when you have actual connection issues it’s that excuse they’ll use all the time
My shit is after 3gb of 4g but after that I can't play 2k anymore
I tried this all day today and never could get it to work. I am using the exact same bridge and a wireless G router (WRT54GL) but I am using an iPhone, not an android. Any suggestions? Thanks
its because it doesn't work he never bridged the 2 devices, all he did was give the same SSID name to both wireless signals and give them the same password, this doesn't connect them kinda annoyed that so many people think it does and amazing no network admins speaking up.
It should work equally well on Iphone. Once the bridge is connected to your hotspot you should be able to see bit as a connected device on your Iphone
@@voidvev We did not give the same ssid and password to two networks. A bridge bridges between to networks, it does not make a network of its own. The bridge connects wirelessly to the cell phone hotspot and connects with a wired connection to the wan port on the router which then gives internet access to the entire home network. Hope this helps.
@@voidvev Yea he did. Funny you want someone to speak up but you are passing on your chance. You have 0 content. No videos on the subject or any other subject. Why don't you make a video explaining the error and how to correctly do it? Oh yea trolling is much easier.
@@mikeymartin4751 I don't feel like posting because I don't care why do I need to post explaining anything? 🤔 the guy never went in detail on what he was doing and from the viewers view the guy only created 2 ssid's with the same name never went into detail explaining that you need to create a broadcast ssid and you join the ssid by bringing in fact he gave it some other incorrect name in the video why do I need to make a video about that? If your to stupid to understand the problem or to get to the end result then it would be a waste of time posting a specific video for said individual not saying your stupid but asking me to post a video or arguing I never posted lol is kinda stupid
A whole ten G B?
I've far less confusing title "How switch from Line internet to cellular internet?"
What?
..... and this is why your not a technologist all you did was create another hotspot with the same ssid and password believe it or not there is something called a MAC address too distinguish multiple devices with the same name. This will not tether your phone to your router and your router to your phone "Connect Your Home Network To Your Cell Hotspot" if you had been tested you would've failed with no marks. Come on dude and you even made the video 10 minutes does this really take 10 minutes come on now
I suggest watching the video again as you seem to have idea what we were doing. We did not "create another hotspot". We took our existing home network and connected it to the internet with a bridge and cell phone hot spot.
@@PrayerefireDS I recommend you create captions if you are feeling up to it, I have had to many students use your video as a resource and get confused because they assume to bridge all they need to do is create 2 ssids with the same name maybe create a caption at the spot where you create a the connection to the ssid
I have 3 phones each with 30gb hotspot
Maybe next time you make a video... you make sure the volume is loud enough that someone can actually hear more than 50% of the words you are saying? In addition, SPEAK UP... and don't mutter so softly. How frustrating to try and watch this video... seriously.
Sorry you had trouble hearing it. Are you able to hear other videos ok?
@@PrayerefireDS No... I cannot hear any video I have ever watched on UA-cam lol! I send that message to every video I have ever watched because I have nothing better to do with my time. Could you ask a more stupid question? Try this >>> speaking up clearly.. and make sure audio gain is correct, ya think?
This would be great if you stop assuming people know what your doing... I don’t know how to reset a bridge. You lost me
There is a reset button on the back. Press and hold for a few seconds and the bridge resets to default settings.
....ya all he did was give the same name to both wireless signals and gave them same passwords it wont actually connect them so in a nut shell he lost everyone because he lost his freaking mind
Useless
The GL.iNet mango router has the bridge built in.
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