Help Using phones wifi on laptop

[shazzydoosh]

Hi,

This may seem strange, but I am wondering if it is possible to use the phones wifi connection onmy laptop via a tether. I understand that you can tether to a laptop and use the 3G./GPRS etc, but I want to use the WiFi. This is because my contract gets me free unlimited WiFi from thousands of publec hotspots, and if I have my laptop, I want to use the service, but its on;y for the phone. Would I be able to do this with tethering to a standard Galaxy s running 2.2?

any help would be greatly appreciated

Cheers

 

[android_c]

Hi! Please do let me know as well if u have found a solution.regards.

 

[pietjuhhh1990]

uisb connect an use as modem

 

[justiyad]

Try this https://market.android.com/details?id=com.pdanet&feature=search_result

 

[Smithy-II]

If it is a public hotspot would it not be free on your laptop anyway? I know in NZ and Aus places like McDonalds, Starbucks and some airports have free WiFi no matter what you are using.

 

[justiyad]

No some Mobile networks offer you free wifi if you use it on the phone, not on any other device.

 

[seepage]

Settings- wireless and network- mobile AP.
Does exactly what you want.I often use it.
Usb tethering would do the same but you would have to carry a cable around.

 

[justiyad]

The mobile AP you can only share the Mobile data with laptops, he wants to share the Wifi with a computer.

 

[seepage]

The mobile AP you can only share the Mobile data with laptops, he wants to share the Wifi with a computer.

You can use it with anything with WiFi. I only see mention of a laptop in the original post.