Today some of us used WiFi Hotspots created by our Smart Phones to connect our laptops to the internet.

This called tethering. [Health warning, some of the links may not be working.]

How do you do it? Well if you’ve got an iPhone you go to Settings > Personal Hotspot and switch it on. On that screen you’ll see a Password – note it, because you’ll need to supply that on your laptop/desktop/iPad when you attempt to connect to the internet.

Next you go to your laptop/desktop/iPad Network Settings and look at the WiFi routers that are available to you. If all has worked correctly then you should see your iPhone in the list of possible network connections. Click on it, supply the password you got in the previous stage when requested, and you should be set to go.

If it doesn’t work, you may find this link (for iOS devices) of some help …

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT203302

For Android phones, the process is very similar and is described here …

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/mobile-phone/how-tether-google-android-phone-image-3279408/

For a general view of how to tether your laptop to your smart phone, you could look at this …

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/mobile-phone/how-use-phone-as-wi-fihotspot-internet-tethering-for-laptop-tablet-3441165/

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT203302