How do I connect my mobile (hotspot) to a router and use Ethernet connections

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Hopefully someone can help me, I don't have internet where I am, so rely on my mobile internet from my smartphone, I'm lucky as get about 7mb download speeds. My problem is I need to connect some devices via Ethernet cables, but haven't got a clue how to get my hotspot connected to a router so it uses the hotspot as it's broadband connection as it would if it was connected to a landline broadband. I then want to use the Ethernet ports of the router. I've got a laptop and some routers, an old netgear and a bt voyager, if I have to buy a new router/modem then that's fine. I already can use my ps3 from the hotspot, but am limited to wifi enabled stuff and a single connection from my mobile. With a router I would be able to share the connection and use internet on Xbox (not wifi enabled only Ethernet connection). Hope that I've made my problem clear and would really appreciate any help, I'm not massively computer savy, but am easily capable of basic stuff.
 
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Go back and read my first post you must use a special router to accomplish what you want. It will work it just tends to be a little complex to setup.

It likely will be cheaper to just buy wireless routers that supports broadband modems or can take your broadband sim directly. You could then remove the sim from your phone and put it in the modem or router. Of course you still must be careful that you get the correct kind of modem since apple likes to use those mini sims.

You can use your laptop using ICS but it is not exactly stable and you really can't use your laptop for much during the time you use it as a router.
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You need to connect your router up to the hotspot as a client. Im not familiar with Netgear's configuration options or if it is even an option on them, but that is what you are looking for. Should be somewhere under the wifi configuration tab i would think. You have the model of the router you are trying to use handy?
 
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Unfortunately this isn't possible.

A router has a specific, physical port(s) that it uses to communicate with the outside world. Any connection outside of your network (i.e. the Internet) has to go via this port. There's nothing you can do to change this.

However, you may want to consider buying a 3G USB dongle and an appropriate router. The dongle acts as your outside connection, it attaches to the router via a USB port and you then connect your devices to the router as normal. If you do go down this road, just make sure you buy an appropriate router. Lots of them will have a USB port, but solely for file or printer sharing.
 
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You have a couple of issues. What you need is a router that has the ability to run as a client-bridge. More and more have this as a feature but it must have this as a option. This is different than just a normal bridge mode which many have.

You can buy client-bridge devices they are sold for older game consoles and TV that only have ethernet ports. They are sold as gaming adapters and other names like media bridge. Many "repeaters" can also do this function but you do not want it to repeat the wireless signal.

So that is all well and good. What bothers me is your comment about a single connection from the mobile. If the mobile only allows a single wireless device to connect this means the normal "repeater" won't work. Your mobile hotspot must support what is called WDS for it to allow multiple devices to connect behind a single bridge. If it does not support this or it really only supports a single wireless user at a time you are going to need a special wireless bridge that is actually a router with a wireless wan interface. You really need a bridge that can NAT the ip/mac addresses and that makes it a router.

So there is a router that does than from hawkingstech haw2r1 it is a specialized device not exactly for your purpose but would likely work. I have also used outdoor units from engenius that have the router ability. I suspect their indoor unit ERB9250 would work the same.

I would read the your hotspot information very carefully looking for the key word WDS. It will be much cheaper to buy a normal client-bridge and they are much easier to obtain that the 2 I have listed. There is nothing wrong with the 2 companies I list it will just be harder for you get get help on the internet if you get stuck because the devices are not as common.
 
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It's an iPhone 5s that I have, and yeah it only allows a single wifi connection to the phone itself, but will allow multiple devices to connect to its hotspot. Going to pop into my local computer shop and see what routers they have and if they have any with USB connectivity, as I do have a wireless Dongle that can connect my phone too. Answers are really appreciated guys thanks
 
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There are a number of routers that can take broadband modems connected via USB. ASUS tends to be the most supported and there is a huge list of supported modems if you use DD-WRT. BUT a modem is not a IPHONE it is a different device. ASUS also allows tethered phones to act as modems but pretty much only android. I have not seen any that say you can use a IPHONE on a USB cable as a modem directly to a router. Maybe it is supported on some platform but from the discussion I have seen apple refuses to release the driver that is needed to make this work.
 
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So basically I'm back to square one, being that I can't use my mobile as the internet source for a router? I can tether on my iPhone and share the hotspot, so can anyone think of any other way I can do this? What about putting a laptop into the equation? I currently use my iPhone as my broadband on my laptop, so can I not then do something from the laptop to a router?
 
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Go back and read my first post you must use a special router to accomplish what you want. It will work it just tends to be a little complex to setup.

It likely will be cheaper to just buy wireless routers that supports broadband modems or can take your broadband sim directly. You could then remove the sim from your phone and put it in the modem or router. Of course you still must be careful that you get the correct kind of modem since apple likes to use those mini sims.

You can use your laptop using ICS but it is not exactly stable and you really can't use your laptop for much during the time you use it as a router.
 
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Not really proposing a solution as much as adding to the experience.

Working on this for a while and doing a lot of research, maybe I can add some to the knowledge base on Windows Internet Connection Sharing. Windows can share an internet connection (become a host for the internet connection), but the windows internet sharing protocol has to be configured (in one way or another) on both machines - host and client.

I do not see how other devices (like routers) can be likewise configured to support the Windows Internet Connection Sharing. It is my understanding that the routers are configured with a gateway ip address to determine the routing.

So, either each machine has to point to the host or if the host computer had a fixed ip, maybe the router could be configured to see the host computer as a gateway.

One way to bypass some of the complexity is by using http://virtualrouter.codeplex.com/. I have not done it, but comments on https://4sysops.com/archives/how-to-share-wi-fi-in-windows-8-with-internet-connection-sharing-ics/ indicate that by setting up ICS and this program, your host computer can be connected to as just another wireless hot-spot. But the original post (and myself) are looking for the router to distribute the internet access.

Again, maybe if the router had the host computer's ip as it's gateway? Anyone else... feel free to add some expertise. I may try it, but don't know. If you don't hear back from me, I might have just accidentally totally disabled my ability to get on the internet. :)
 
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(1) Get a normal everyday wireless switch and a short ethernet cable.
(2) Enable the hotspot on your iPhone.
(3) Configure the wireless switch to use the hotspot wireless settings.
(4) Connect the ethernet cable between a port on the switch and the WAN port on your router.
 
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That's bs.some routers like netgears wgr614 do wifi repeating. Only problem is they can only repeat wep and open encryption networks. You can also pick up a wifi to ethernet converter for like 40 bucks.
 
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You can: by a Bridge which creates a Virtual Router by Windows 7. Just open the Network Adapter via right clicking within System tray the Network item and left click the Network and Sharing Center (I have a german W7, that why I'm not sure about the exact english naming, in german 'Netzwerk- und Freigabecenter öffnen') there within you left click on Adapter Properties (in german 'Adaptereinstellungen'). Therein you first click the CTRL Button to select both first the LAN you want to share and then the Host Connection you want to Bridge with. Then right click on LAN and left click on 'Make the Bridge' (may a little different the naming). That's it. A VIRTUAL ROUTER is automatically created by W7, henceforth the Mobile Hotspot bridged to LAN.

Cheers, L

 
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Some newer router have USB ports on them. You can connect it and tether from your cellphone. Look at the latest ASUS routers.



 
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Is a 'wireless switch' the same as a wireless access point? I can't find any listing for 'wireless switch' but there are numerous listings for wireless access points.
 
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You are better off opening a new thread than messing with really old ones. Especially when they have so much misinformation in them and technology changes so solution change constantly.

This is almost completely wrong. There is no such thing as a wireless switch unless you consider a AP that device. A hotspot and AP are pretty much the same thing. Both these device talk to end clients not each other.

Now there is a device called a wireless bridge that can run in client mode. They are sometime sold to be used for game console or tv that have ethernet ports. This will work if you have a single device to connect but it does not work with multiple. It is not that the wireless bridge can not support multiple devices it is most cell phones do not support the WDS feature that is required to do this.

So you are back to the solution many of the responders have. You either get a router that will support the phone or you use your PC as a router using ICS.

 
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It's been a while and I don't remember all the specifics have to google it. I had jail broken iPhone4s with pdanet off of Cydia also pdanet had download for Windows for connecting with usb. After that's installed I connect ps4 to laptop with Ethernet then u had to create a bridge connection. Was a pain but it did work and like I said was along time ago so creating the bridge I cannot help u with but Microsoft site had a how to.
 
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