hotspot

I bought a $32 portable router so I can connect multiple devices to my iPhones hotspot. It is a GL-iNet Mini Smart Router (Model GL-AR300M16-Ext). I did speed tests before using the router and while using the router and it seems to work great with no loss in speed. QUESTION: Based on the specs...

I don't have this problem with any of my other apple devices, but if I connect my MBP to hotspot it will chew up about 250mb in the first minute, without me even using it. I had left my MacBook pro connected to hotspot and walked away and found out it went through 13GB in about an hour while I...

As I was thinking about network security, what came to mind was the threat posed by someone impersonating a public WiFi hotspot with his own hardware and running a man-in-the-middle attack on my system. The way this would work is that my laptop would connect to the impostor hotspot, because it...

Hello everyone, first post here :) I saw this unknown address under my personal hotspot summary on an iPhone: e:69:a5:97:7:17 (with 9 KB of data) Interestingly enough, it only has 10-digits so it cannot be a MAC address. What is it then? Should I be worried?

I stupidly updated to iOS 15 and it broken hotspot functionality. I have 10.6.8 installed on a MacMini for testing needs, and I used iPhone Wi-Fi hotspot to connect it to internet. Now it sees iPhone as 802.1x network and asks for User Name and Password (of course there is no User Name in...

Instant Hotspot Help Hey, fellas. I have a quick question that I can’t get the answer from Google. I’m trying to have my instant hotspot from my iPhone work with my M1 MacBook Air. I can see it and connect to it by clicking on the Wi-Fi icon. However, it never automatically connects when I wake...

Hi, I tried to connect my Iphone 12 pro max's hotspot to my Macbook 2010 but it keeps asking me Wp2 enterprise credentials, such as Username and password. Problem is, I have no idea what the username is. Because as far as I know, connecting hotspot dont require any username, just a password...

Hi, just got my brand new MBP 16 M1 Pro and noticed one annoyance. Mainly, when I try to connect to my iPhones hotspot I cannot connect. MBP sees the hotspot but for some reason I am getting "Failed to enable Personal Hotspot" message. I am running lates 12.01 OS and iOS 15.1.1 on iPhone 12. My...

hey guys. I have a very weird problem on my iphone xr.. after I've been upgraded to ios 15 beta I have a problem with my hotspot when I connect it to my laptop (Windows 10 and 11) btw I've already deleted the beta and updated to 15.1 no beta version. the dongle that I have to the wifi...

Hello. I just got an iPhone 13pro. I had sprint but T-mobile took over and now I have T-mobile for my carrier. On my old phone I could just turn on Hotspot and use it to connect my laptop and other devices. However, on my new iPhone 13pro I cannot use Hotspot unless it connects through my wifi...

Hi! I'm a teacher and I need to use my personal iPhone hotspot on my classes, so when I turn my "work" focus mode (automatically based on location) I would like to turn on hotspot auto also. Is it possible? How? Thanks in advance! Best regards, Andrea

Hello all, Currently I have an iPhone X and love it. I have had it since 2017 and really have no desire to change. There is, however, one thing that could convince me to give it up. I use my phone's hotspot (ATT) quite a bit at work. Would the iPhone 13's 5G translate to a faster hotspot...

Do you think they could enable the new Apple TV 4K to work as a Wifi hotspot/AP? I think it would be a very useful feature for those who have it linked to the internet thorugh an Ethernet cable. What do you think?

I recently got a projector, to which I can share my screen from my iPhone via wifi. However, using the wifi to share the screen I cannot access internet.. so the the purpose is basically pointless! I can use the mobile data and that way use the internet while screen sharing, but I have limited...

Hello MacRumors, I'm hoping you will be able comment.... I am helping to support a group of field workers. These workers are supplied with a corporate phone and for cost saving reasons the corporate laptop has had cellular services removed. The users work very dynamically. At one point they...

I've just upgraded to a significantly newer car (VW T-ROC) with quite a bit of tech. One of the things it can do is connect via wifi to a phone hotspot to pull down calendar events, parking and traffic information. I've found that once configured, it only connects to the phone if I briefly open...

Hi I’m currently using a iPad Pro 3 (11inch, wifi) with a iphone 7 I really like iOS 13’s Instant Hotspot which automatically connects to your mobile device But, I couldn’t help to notice that when ever I have my iPad connnected to my phone, it will lose connection when the iPad goes to sleep...

Hello, So yes, I have Personal Hotspot on my iPhone with Verizon but I am currently at a Church and my iPhone is connected to the Church's WiFi from when I first visited this church about a year ago. I'm here at the Church 3 hours early and I brought my Mac so am wanting to connect my Mac to...

Hi New iPadOS 13 have that annoying hotspot pop up box every time want watch BBC iPlayer downloads programmes. How I switch that pop up off completely?

I was on vacation last week and downloaded all of my photos to my iPad Pro. My iPad is WiFi only, and it was connected to my iPhone’s hotspot, and it uploaded 20 GB of photos to my iCloud, using up my 20 GB of ATT data for the whole month in just a few days. On my iPhone, there’s an option in...