I want to have internet connection on my Samsung Galaxy S3 running Android 4.1.1. Right now I have it only on my Windows 7 laptop, which uses a USB 3G modem.
How can I make my phone use internet connection from my laptop? I have a data cable.
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possible duplicate of How to let Windows 7 laptop provide an internet connection to my Android?, superuser.com/questions/407371/…– Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007Commented May 26, 2013 at 14:54
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That's known as "reversed tethering" and we have a tag for that on the Android site: android.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/reverse-tether– aleCommented May 28, 2013 at 14:07
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If your laptop has Wi-Fi with recent enough drivers, probably the easiest way is to use the Wireless Hosted Network feature provided by Windows 7 to create a software Wi-Fi access point on your laptop, and then use the Internet Connection Sharing feature to allow Wi-Fi clients (your Android device) use the internet connection through that access point. You will not need to install any additional software on your Android device — just set up a Wi-Fi connection.
Windows does not provide any builtin GUI to set up a software Wi-Fi access point (only some netsh commands), but you can use third-party software for this:
- Virtual Wifi Hotspot for Windows 7 & 8 (free, open source)
- Virtual Router - Wifi Hot Spot for Windows 8, Windows 7 and 2008 R2 (free, open source)
- Connectify (closed source, free version does not allow 3G connection sharing)
If you must use the USB cable connection for any reason, you need to set up reverse tethering on your Android device. Unfortunately, this feature is not provided by standard Android, and third-party apps will most likely require a rooted device. A better place to ask about this is the Android Enthusiasts site — search for ”reverse tethering” there (e.g., see this question).
answered May 26, 2013 at 8:36
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Host name could not be found. IP address could not be found. Why ?– JigbertoCommented May 26, 2013 at 18:10