Question No internet access although I am.connected to my wifi via Android phone hotspot.

[silversmithy]

This is an ongoing issue that I've never solved. I do not have internet where I currently live, but get by with just using my phone. However there are times when I need to download graphics card or other drivers.

I have a wireless WiFi dongle and believe I used it successfully in the past, but very limited success maybe because I'm using Windows 7 ultimate and the only browser I have is I.E. 8. I would opt to try another browser, but I cannot get online to download, and won't have the option to go to another source and download say thumb drive, etc.., for a day or 2.

I realize my whole setup is outdated, but all I'm trying to is download an Nvidia driver. I know I used the same WiFi dongle in conjunction with my phone hotspot to do just that in the past, but was extremely slow. I went online and nothing has worked so far. One site recommend going to command prompt and entering approx 8-9 commands might do it. The problem is that on the fourth or fifth command there is the need to type (int) as part of the command. I get an error message telling me (int) is not a recognized command or some such response.

Any assistance or advice would sure be appreciated. Like I said I have just thrown in the towel because nothing has worked recently, and have just gone to a friend's house to download to a thumb drive there. I'd like to not be a pest anymore.

Thank you.

 

[bill001g]

Can you find the file you need to download on your phone. You want the file that matches your os and video card not the program that figures this out and then downloads it. That program needs network access. If you can find the program that just installs the driver for your video card you should be able to download it with your phone to a USB drive and then move the drive over. If your phone has enough storage you can likely load it to the phone storage and then use a USB cable to share it.

If you really need network access you could try a USB tether to your phone. That tends to be a bit easier to setup than a hotspot. Then again I don't remember how you actually do that with with windows 7.

Both USB tether and hotspot with your phone might be a bit slow depending on your ISP on your phone. Some completely block tethering (hotspot is considered tethered),other run at slower speeds when tethered and other charge a huge fee run tethered. This is the false advertising related to "unlimited" data on many phone plans.

But if you are willing to do it all manually on your phone that will likely be the fastest to download and no messing around with setting up a network connection to the pc.

It is kinda surprising you can find software that will run on your pc that does not insist on having some kind of internet connection.

 

[silversmithy]

Thank you very much for the info. No I must have been confusing in my description. I am able to connect to my phone via hotspot and WiFi dongle, it just shows no internet access. I've tried numerous recommendations from other internet sources, but no solution.i

I am going to try USB tethering since I was able to download the Nvidia driver via my phone, and then will download to a thumb drive which I will in turn have to install into the other PC with the graphics card. The PC and the graphics card needing drivers is very very old. It's a PC I'm going to use for retro gaming :. AMD Athlon 1.2 GHz Thunderbird with an Nvidia 7800GS AGP. Let's just say trying the WiFi dongle in that PC was..... Unsuccessful... No surprise there.

Thank you again. Hopefully tethering will do it