How to Access Internet on Computer using Android mobile or Smartphone

If you want to connect your android mobile to your laptop or computer and want to access internet, you can use either wire method or wireless method. Wire method includes the internet connection on computer via USB data cable, where as Wireless method includes the internet connection on computer without use of USB data cable.

But In this article I'm sharing a feature of android Smartphones and Windows mobiles, i.e Tethering and Portable hotspot.

How to use USB Tethering and Portable WiFi Hotspot features to access internet on computer by Android smartphones?
USB Tethering is a simple method to connect internet to your computer by making android mobile as a modem. This is a wire method.

Portable WiFi hotspot is a method to connect internet to your computer by making android mobile as a WiFi hotspot. This is a wireless method.


How to use USB Tethering to access internet on computer.
Follow these simple steps given below

1. Connect your android mobile to laptop or computer via USB data cable.
2. Now click Menu button of mobile. and follow the below path

Settings -> Wireless & networks -> Tethering & portable hotspot -> USB Tethering
After clicking Tethering, your device will show a tethered massage. That shows your mobile has started working as modem and can access internet to computer. You can check the status on your network connectivity icon.

Note : When you connect your mobile to computer via USB data cable, you require a driver to run the internet. If your laptop or computer is not connecting to your mobile or mobile is not acting as a modem, you have to install that driver.

For that Go to Control Panel in your computer, and in Device Manager check Network adapters and Others drivers. If any thing is showing with a yellow exclamation error sign, right click on that and update drivers (you need a internet connection for this process). It will fix your problem of Modem unavailable massage.

If it does not fix your problem or no update drivers are showing, Go to your smartphone or android mobile manufacturer official website. And search for the drivers of your phone model in support section. Download it, Your problem has been fixed.

 
How to use WiFi hotspot to access internet on computer.

1. First you've to convert your android mobile modem to a WiFi hotspot.

To convert your android mobile to a WiFi hotspot, follow given path

Settings -> Wireless & networks -> Tethering & portable hotspot -> Portable Wi-Fi hotspot
When you click on portable WiFi hotspot, a message af hotspot active show below Check box. You've created WiFi hotspot.

You can change the settings of portable WiFi hotspot by clicking Portable WiFi hotspot settings tab below check box. You can configure Network SSID, Security option (WPA2 PSK recommended) and password.

2. Now on your computer check the networks showing, it must show your Portable WiFi hotspot in WiFi networks.
3. Click on this network connection, and then click on Connect.
4. You've done.

You can access internet via USB Tethering and Portable WiFi hotspot on Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8. There will little bit change in every operating system.

If still you have problem connecting to internet, feel free to comment.