Use Your Mobile Phone Data Into a Wireless Hotspot

Ever wished you could use your mobile phone's internet connection to access the web on your laptop? Well, you can! And it can be more cost-effective than using an internet café.

Connect Your Laptop To The Internet 

Here's how to connect your laptop to the internet using your mobile phone as a hotspot:

On your mobile phone (Android or iPhone)

1. Enable mobile data: Ensure your mobile phone's data connection is turned on.
2. Navigate to settings: Access your phone's settings menu.
3. Find tethering or hotspot options: The exact location of these settings may vary depending on your phone's model. Look for options like "Mobile Hotspot," "Tethering," or "Personal Hotspot."
4. Enable tethering or hotspot: Toggle the switch or tap the button to enable tethering or hotspot functionality.
5. Set a hotspot name and password: Assign a name to your mobile hotspot and create a secure password to protect your connection.
6. On your laptop
7. Enable Wi-Fi: Turn on Wi-Fi on your laptop.
8. Locate your mobile phone's hotspot: Identify your mobile phone's hotspot network from the available Wi-Fi networks.
9. Connect to your mobile phone's hotspot: Click on your mobile phone's hotspot network and enter the password you set earlier.
10. Verify internet connection: Once connected, launch a web browser and try accessing a website. If the internet works, you're all set!

Go to settings

Click on tethering and portable hotspot

 Turn on Wi-Fi hotspot

   Turn on Wi-Fi hotspot: Check your laptop wireless network connections to see if there is a connection between your devices

• Click connect, this will establish a connection (IMPORTANT: mobile to laptop wireless connections will require a password which be generated by your mobile phone)

• Enter the password and connect - this should be done on your computer

• Personalize the security setting if you wish to do so

• Now, it should be ready to use

If you get one of Digicel’s data bundles like the Day Pass or Booster Pass you can do a lot more things on your laptop than the mobile phone.