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HoneyBooBoo
By HoneyBooBoo
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I just built my first PC :D 

I've encountered a few problems (finding out my PSU doesn't reach the CPU header so I need to have my PSU ontop of my case til I get an extender and realising my optical drive wasn't plugged in all the way) but one of the stupidest things is that I had a friend who was going to give me an ethernet cord but he forgot to bring it... Soooo, for the few days I have to wait until he comes back with the cable I was wondering if there was anyway that I could use the wifi from a laptop/phone to be shared with my PC so that I can essentially use wifi on my PC.

Any and all ideas would be appreciated, thanks. 

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Mhotspot can help you here :D 

 

mHotspot – Turn your Laptop into WiFi Hotspot

www.mhotspot.com/

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2 minutes ago, HoneyBooBoo said:

Wouldn't that require my PC to have a wireless card?

Yes. That was stupid.

 

You're going to need either Wi-Fi or Ethernet on your desktop to connect to your modem. If your phone supports it, you may be able to share it's connection over USB.

 

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2 minutes ago, HoneyBooBoo said:

Wouldn't that require my PC to have a wireless card?

Ah, As long as you ether find an ethernet cable or you have wireless capabilites, Your pc can not use internet.

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Ive personally never tried internet over USB, so I didn't list it.

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search a tethering app on your phone to use your phone as a wifi adaptor. 

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11 minutes ago, fpo said:

search a tethering app on your phone to use your phone as a wifi adaptor. 

 

15 minutes ago, Naeaes said:

Yes. That was stupid.

 

You're going to need either Wi-Fi or Ethernet on your desktop to connect to your modem. If your phone supports it, you may be able to share it's connection over USB.

 

Thanks so much, my phone has a built in USB tethering option :DD 

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USB tethering to a phone will work ... BUT be careful that you understand the COST and your download limits - both of which vary dramatically by country.

ie: make sure you tether to your local WiFi, and not accidently to the Phones Mobile Broadband.

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If you had a spare ethernet cable (maybe one too short for where the PC will be once completed) you can tether your laptop's wireless adapter through it's ethernet port.

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12 hours ago, Jamiec1130 said:

If you had a spare ethernet cable (maybe one too short for where the PC will be once completed) you can tether your laptop's wireless adapter through it's ethernet port.

I tried that before and it didn't seem to work, my PC was picking up that there was an internet connection but it wouldn't join it.

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1 hour ago, HoneyBooBoo said:

I tried that before and it didn't seem to work, my PC was picking up that there was an internet connection but it wouldn't join it.

You need to do more than jack it in.  You'll need to bridge the connections between the laptops wifi and the laptops Ethernet port.

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