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Repurposing old devices (NOKIA Lumia and Samsung Galaxy tab) for mobile internet access
So, where I'm staying right now doesn't offer a wired connection, so I've setup a mobile internet solution instead.The companies that offer wireless mobile internet also offer routers etc. that can be used to setup WiFi access to the internet, but I didn't opt for any of those as I had a couple of old devices that could be setup as WiFi hotspots instead.
Up until a couple of days ago, I was using a Nokia Lumia as a WiFi hotspot and used the computer as a power source via USB, but I found that it started giving a very poor speed (20-30 KB/s) when I was on Linux. So I dug up my old Samsung Galaxy Tab P1000 instead, and placed my mobile internet provider SIM card in there.
It didn't work though, it just gave a couple of bars on the network indicating that there was some sort of connection, but no internet access.
After googling a bit, I found the setup procedure on Netcom (the provider of mobile broadband) for one of the devices they sold if internet didn't work. After some adjusting of the APN settings, I found that setting the Server to internet.netcom.no and the APN-Type of connection to internet, the Galaxy Tab started working as an access point to the internet.
So there you go, if you've got old phones etc. don't throw them away, they can be put to good use later.
[Permalink] [By morphex] [Mobile (Atom feed)] [07 Jan 05:11 Europe/Oslo]