what if you want to use the wifi hotspot for a LAN party in a plane?
jordanlund@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Hotspots share your phones mobile data as a local wifi access point. If you don’t have a sim, you don’t have mobile data, and so, no hotspot.
elvis_depresley@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 5 days ago
There’s Bluetooth and USB (with Ghirehtet over ADB or external wireless/Ethernet card). Also, you can NOT connect to the internet and use LAN-based apps (KDE Connect, network printers) without extra hardware in a pinch, or just broadcast an SSID in a public space for fun.
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 5 days ago
Absolutely yes. So many phones have USB 2.0, so the Wi-Fi speed is often going to be faster than cable.
gratux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
you can do “wifi sharing” which shares the phones wifi connection.
fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
Not all phones can act as a repetitor. I’ve had several where wifi gets disconnected when hotspot is activated.
Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
As far as I know they can all act as a bootleg external wifi adapter though (via USB sharing)
fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
Agreed, it’s the wifi sensor that can’t both act as a signal emitter and receiver. (If you know what I mean, I know that it can do both of those things to communicate, but only for a single use case)
hitmyspot@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Thats not the same thing, though.
Ghoelian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
Well to be fair, on my pixel at least, those are literally the same setting. Which it actually is just depends on if you’re currently on WiFi or not. Kinda Google’s fault for labelling it like that.
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silverdiamond@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Its in the same menu
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