Hotspot

[Anthony_Nye]

When I turn on my mobile hotspot on my pavilion HP computer does the  internet dedicate to the computer rather than the devices that are connected to it on the mobile hotspot

[Anthony_Nye]

Any help is greatly appreciated! 

[Echo_Lake]

@Anthony_Nye

Thank you for posting on the HP Support Community.

Don't worry as I'll be glad to help, however, to provide an accurate resolution, I need a few more details:

• Did you make any software or hardware changes on your PC?

As you mentioned you have issues connecting to a hotspot from your phone to PC.

Please try few steps mentioned below.

1. Go to control panel.

2. Go to network and the internet.

3. Go to network connections.

4. In related settings, go to "Change adapter options"

5. Right click on "wireless network connection" and go to properties.

6. Click "Configure and then Advance

7. In properties, "802.11n Preamble", selected, select value "mixed mode" And click ok and click done

If the above-mentioned steps do not work try the steps below.

1-go to settings.

2-click wifi and the internet.

3-click manage wifi settings

4-click the network or the hotspot you used to connect to the internet using windows.

5-click forget to remove it from the wifi list.

6-click to scan wifi.

7-select the same hotspot.

8-enter hotspot security key

Change encryption type from TKIP to AES (Right-click on the network connection to mobile hotspot>Properties>Security tab. The Security type is set to WPA2-Personal.

Hope this helps! Keep me posted for further assistance.
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