Need help with personal hotspot

[dk143]

Can someone please help:

Personal hotspot seems to work fine for me when using bluetooth or USB, but when I try over wifi, my laptop does connect but I get a "local" connection only, rather than "local and internet", which obviously means I can't get online that way. My laptop is running Vista.

I have tried the same on a different laptop in a different house (which is also running Vista) and all 3 connection methods work fine, so I'm guessing it must be something to do with my laptop?

Can someone help please? I guess it isn't a big issue if I can use bluetooth or USB, but my understanding is that download speed will be best over wifi? Please let me know if I'm wrong!

Thanks in advance

 

[reclusive46]

Actually USB is the fastest but anyway. Try resetting your network settings on your iPhone. I often get a similar issue on my mac and just turn off and turn on my iPhone.

 

[the.sheepdog]

This personal hotspot is really tethering yes? and ATT is a bit stingy over tethering without charging the heck out of it.

 

[dk143]

Actually USB is the fastest but anyway. Try resetting your network settings on your iPhone. I often get a similar issue on my mac and just turn off and turn on my iPhone.

I tried that and it didn't work. Any other ideas anyone?

Or is the general consensus that I should stick to USB and not worry about it?!