No, like…what he’s trying to do is to put the phone on an existing WiFi access point, then have the phone itself act as a second WiFi access point.
This phone is broken (broken screen) and was given to me, so I figured I’d use it as a WiFi extender, but I guess I can’t.
He’s trying to use it as an ad-hoc range extender. Like, he presumably has one device that can’t see the existing wireless access point, so he wants to put the phone somewhere that’s still in range of the first access point, then chain access to his device.
That sounds like a hardware limitation more than anything. Is it normal for standard consume wifi chips to be able to receive and broadcast simultaneously on two different networks? I know that’s definitely not something you can usually do with PC hardware.
tal@lemmy.today 5 days ago
“Hotspot” is always going to be referring to having the phone act as a WiFi wireless access point, rather than USB or Bluetooth tethering.
lefixxx@lemmy.world 5 days ago
That would be cellular to wifi tethering. How can someone expect to have cellular internet without a sim.
Is OP trying to use his phone as an routerless wifi access point? That would be a crazy edge case. And it still wouldn’t be tethering.
tal@lemmy.today 5 days ago
No, like…what he’s trying to do is to put the phone on an existing WiFi access point, then have the phone itself act as a second WiFi access point.
He’s trying to use it as an ad-hoc range extender. Like, he presumably has one device that can’t see the existing wireless access point, so he wants to put the phone somewhere that’s still in range of the first access point, then chain access to his device.
kassiopaea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
That sounds like a hardware limitation more than anything. Is it normal for standard consume wifi chips to be able to receive and broadcast simultaneously on two different networks? I know that’s definitely not something you can usually do with PC hardware.
RedC@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
OP likely has an esim