October 14, 2009 By

HTC HD2 – Use it as a WiFi Router

One of the features of the new HTC HD2 is the ability to use the device as a wireless router and share it’s data connection.

For example:

You may be out of the office and with you is your HTC HD2 and your laptop/netbook.  When you set off from the office you have no intention of needing to use your laptop to connect to the internet, however you now need to. Whilst you could browse the web pages on the HD2, it is simpler for you to do so on your laptop.

You are not in a wireless hotspot and you don’t have a data card for it.  What do you do?

Simple, just use the HTC HD2’s WiFi router option to connect your laptop/PDA/other compatible device to the HD2 and share the data connection offered by the SIM card in in it.

 

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So the HD2 will, once setup, broadcast a signal that your laptop can connect to, which will then once connect will enable you to use the data connection of the HD2. You can then work efficiently on your laptop!

A simple feature that could be of big benefit!

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Comments

  1. tom says:
    December 25, 2009 at 1:45 am

    u can do this on most nokia phones with wifi. theres a app called joikuspot. works exactly the same and i get my xbox to connect to my N97 with no Lag playing MW2!! =D

  2. McRancher says:
    January 23, 2010 at 4:36 am

    Does anyone know if you can still use the phone when you’ve got the wireless router active??

  3. Plazmic Flame says:
    March 22, 2010 at 3:45 am

    @McRancher – Yes, there have been tests done where a laptop was connected to the HD2 and surfing the web and was able to receive a phone call and still maintain the data connection with the laptop.

  4. Blair says:
    March 25, 2010 at 8:36 pm

    Can someone please tell me how i can set my hd2 as a router. i tried to do it but i dont even know how to find the option

  5. Marlon says:
    April 15, 2010 at 11:16 pm

    Will it work on the htc hd2?

  6. pdr says:
    November 11, 2010 at 10:44 am

    Marlon! Read the toppic..that whats the phone does!!!

  7. Clove says:
    June 13, 2011 at 9:43 am

    I’m not sure why the Galaxy Tab would not connect to it, perhaps they are using different versions of WiFi.