How to Connect Mobile Internet to Your PC via Tethering?

Need an Internet connection for your PC or laptop, but do not have access to public Wi- Fi? The result is simple connect your smartphone's mobile internet connection to your PC. This process is known as tutoring.

While tethering with your laptop or tablet can be faster than a public network at your favorite cafe, it can have its own issues. Then is what you need to know about tethering with Android and how to connect your mobile internet to your PC.

What Is Tethering?

Tethering is the term for connecting your mobile device to your computer, so your computer can be online through your phone's mobile data connection. It works via USB, Bluetooth, or Wi-Fi.

In the pre-iPhone days, this meant using an old-fashioned feature phone to call a number from anywhere with Internet access. Some cell phones can share their Internet connection, enabling you to get online through the device's network APN.

After the release of the iPhone in 2007, many cell phone networks began charging extra for tethering plans. Fortunately, the practice of capping this money has been almost completely phased out—these days, tethering is usually free except for using up your data allowance.

Android Mobile Tethering Options Explained

Android owners have three tethering options for sharing a mobile Internet connection with their laptop, tablet, or even desktop PC:

1. Connect via Bluetooth
2. Use your phone as a wireless hotspot
3. Connect your phone to your computer via USB

Below we'll look at each of them to see which method will drain your battery the fastest, and which one transfers data the fastest.

Before proceeding, make sure you have enabled mobile internet on your phone. It's important to note that mobile signal strength will affect your connection speed. Using tethering can also result in your phone's battery level draining faster. Wireless tethering is particularly power intensive.

We provide speed results from speedtest.net for comparison. The actual speed you get will depend on a variety of factors, including which phone you're using and the speed of the mobile network you're connected to. We were on 4G. 5G will obviously be much faster.

1. How to Connect Mobile Internet to a PC With a USB Cable?

Mobile phones have long had a modem feature, which allows you to connect the device to your computer using USB tethering. It lets you share your mobile internet connection over a wired connection with your laptop or other devices.

This is easy to do when you're using Windows. Connect the USB string you use to charge your phone to your computer, also plug it into the phone's USB harborage.

Next, follow these way to configure your Android device to partake mobile internet. Some of the menus may be slightly different depending on the device and Android interpretation you are using, but the general instructions are the same on all models.

1. Open Settings > Network and Internet > Advanced > Hotspot and Tethering. You can also tap the notification that appears when your device is connected.
2. Tap the USB tethering slider to enable it. If it looks grey, make sure the USB cable is properly connected at both ends.
3. A Hotspot and tethering warning will appear, informing you that continuing will disrupt existing data transfers between your phone and PC.
4. Tap OK to proceed.

A notification icon should appear to confirm that tethering is enabled. In testing, we found the following results:

1. Speed: 97 Mbps download, 2.02 Mbps upload, with an average ping of 66 ms.

2. Battery Impact: The impact on your phone's battery depends on whether your laptop is plugged in or not. If so, the battery drain should be slow and non-existent, as the phone will charge slowly via the USB connection.

Note: If your computer is running on its own battery, your phone will likely drain its battery instead of the computer's.

2. Use Bluetooth Tethering With Mobile Internet

Want to know how to connect mobile internet to PC without USB cable? The answer is to use Bluetooth. Short-range wireless technology has enough bandwidth to route data from your phone to a paired device.

Start by pairing your phone with your computer:

1. Open your Android phone's Bluetooth settings. You can do this by long-pressing the Bluetooth icon in Quick Settings or by browsing to Settings > Connected devices.
2. Select Pair New Device, which will make your device discoverable.
3. Now, on your Windows computer, press Win + I to open the Settings app.
4. Here, select Devices > Bluetooth and other devices.
5. Switch Bluetooth On if it isn't already. After Bluetooth, click Add Bluetooth or other device.
6. Elect your phone when it appears and go through the pairingsteps.However, see our companion to setting up Bluetooth in Windows 10 the same way can be used in Windows 11, If you are having problems.
7. After pairing, on your phone, Open Settings > Network and Internet > Hotspot and tethering and turn on Bluetooth tethering.

Once the phone is paired with your computer, you can share a mobile Internet connection:

1. Expand the Windows system tray to find the Bluetooth icon, right-click it, and select Join Personal Area Network.
2. In the resulting menu, find your phone icon and right-click on it.
3. Select Connect Using > Access Point.

Your phone should also display a announcement that Bluetooth tethering is enabled. Our testing set up

1. Speed: 3.5Mbps download, 0.78Mbps upload, with an average ping of 289ms.
2. Battery Impact: Heavy use of Bluetooth actually retain a strain on your battery. Ten twinkles of use consumed about 5 of the charge on my phone.

3. How to Connect Your Mobile Internet to a PC Wirelessly?

Combining the wireless benefits of Bluetooth with the speed of USB, connecting your phone as a Wi-Fi hotspot is probably the most popular tethering option.

Using your mobile Internet and Wi-Fi connections, your phone creates a private network to connect your devices with a secure password. This is definitely the easiest choice. To set up Wi-Fi tethering:

1. Open Settings > Network and Internet > Advanced > Hotspot and tethering.
2. Tap Wi-Fi hotspot (called Portable hotspot on some devices).
3. On the next screen, turn the slider On.
4. You can then adjust the options for the network on this page. For example, change the Hotspot Name, Security type, or open Advanced options to automatically turn off the hotspot when a device is not in use.
a. On some bias, you will need to open the Configure Hotspot menu to change these options.
5. Tap the Hotspot Password (sometimes called Show Password) box to view the password if needed.

Then, on your Windows PC:

1. Press Win + I to open Settings.
2. Go to Network and Internet > Wi-Fi.
3. Click Show available networks and browse to find the network your phone has created. (You can also do this by clicking the Wireless Internet icon in the system tray).
4. Select the network and click Connect.
5. Enter the password to establish the connection as shown on your phone (making any other changes as needed).

Here are the results we get with this option:

1. Speed: 10 Mbps download,4.45 Mbps upload, with an average clunk of 55ms.
2. Battery Impact: Similar to Bluetooth tethering, heavy usage drains the battery by about 5% in 10 minutes. Standard usage seems to be better with Wi-Fi tethering, however, and will likely last around 5-6 hours.

Once you've set up wireless tethering for the first time, it's easy to turn it back on. Open the Quick Settings panel on your phone by swiping down doubly from the top. Tap the Hotspot button, also stay for your computer to connect. Unless you change the network name or word, it should reconnect automatically.

The big advantage of using Wi-Fi for teaching is that it works with any device. Once you've set up a wireless hotspot on your Android phone, you can connect a Mac, a Chromebook, an iPad, or anything else. Just connect to it like you would any other wireless network.

How to Connect iPhone Mobile Hotspot to PC?

Not using Android? Nessesity to get a device to connect your PC to the Internet and only have an iPhone available? iPhones device have a hotspot mode that you can enable at Settings> Personal Hotspot. It's a Wi- Fi hotspot that any wireless enabled device can connect to.

Mobile Tethering? Use USB for Best Battery Life

Now you know how to connect mobile internet to your computer using Wi- Fi, USB, or Bluetooth. But which one is the stylish?

Our tests show that USB tethering is the authority that drains your phone's battery the slowest. Meanwhile, Bluetooth offers the worst pets. Thanks to advancements in Bluetooth technology, the impact on the battery is respectable.

Connecting Your Mobile Internet Connection To a Computer Is Easy

Stuck choosing between Wi-Fi hotspot and USB tethering? Well, USB isn't the fastest at everything, which makes Wi-Fi the best all-around option. But if Wi-Fi is not available, relying on USB tethering is your best alternative.