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    From bad sector@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 21 09:04:41 2024
    I screwed up something and my hotspot wouldn't give my laptop internet
    anymore. What other preconditions govern besides the wifi ssid and
    password? I did a reset and that fixed the problem but didn't tell me
    what it was.

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  • From Frank Slootweg@21:1/5 to bad sector on Tue May 21 14:36:13 2024
    bad sector <forgetski@_invalid.net> wrote:
    I screwed up something and my hotspot wouldn't give my laptop internet anymore. What other preconditions govern besides the wifi ssid and
    password? I did a reset and that fixed the problem but didn't tell me
    what it was.

    You didn't give a lot of details and these kind of settings are nearly
    always brand/model dependent, but having said that...

    I had a similar problem when I apparently had set a mobile data limit
    for the mobile hotspot. So not just the *general* mobile data limit, but
    a *specific* one for (only) the mobile hotspot.

    For my Samsung Galaxy A51 Android 13 phone:

    Settings -> Connections -> Mobile Hotspot and Thethering -> Mobile
    Hotspot -> (displays current mobile hotspot) -> Configure -> Advanced ->
    Set mobile data limit

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  • From bad sector@21:1/5 to Frank Slootweg on Tue May 21 13:27:56 2024
    On 5/21/24 10:36, Frank Slootweg wrote:
    bad sector <forgetski@_invalid.net> wrote:
    I screwed up something and my hotspot wouldn't give my laptop internet
    anymore. What other preconditions govern besides the wifi ssid and
    password? I did a reset and that fixed the problem but didn't tell me
    what it was.

    You didn't give a lot of details and these kind of settings are nearly always brand/model dependent, but having said that...

    I had a similar problem when I apparently had set a mobile data limit
    for the mobile hotspot. So not just the *general* mobile data limit, but
    a *specific* one for (only) the mobile hotspot.

    For my Samsung Galaxy A51 Android 13 phone:

    Settings -> Connections -> Mobile Hotspot and Thethering -> Mobile
    Hotspot -> (displays current mobile hotspot) -> Configure -> Advanced ->
    Set mobile data limit

    Sorry, it's a Samsung zflip5 on Telus service. Now that it's in defaults
    there seems to be no data limit, and the only intervention I remember
    ever having made before was to set it to unlimited though I don't
    remember how a limit ever got in there to be reset to unlimited. On this
    phone tapping "Connected device" on the "Mobile Hotspot" page is what
    invokes the "Manage Mobile Hotspot" page which has a "Set data limit"
    button. I went through these several times to no avail (and 'connected
    device' is hardly the label for an advanced settings link).

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  • From Arno Welzel@21:1/5 to All on Sat May 25 10:36:12 2024
    bad sector, 2024-05-21 15:03:

    I screwed up something and my hotspot wouldn't give my laptop internet anymore. What other preconditions govern besides the wifi ssid and
    password? I did a reset and that fixed the problem but didn't tell me
    what it was.

    There are no other preconditions. If the laptop can connect with the
    hotspot, it should have internet access as well as long as the
    smartphone is connected to the internet.

    Maybe you installed some kind of firewall app or other "security" tools?

    Did you change your mobile network provider or plan? Sometimes plans may
    not allow using tethering, although I've not seen this for many years.

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    Arno Welzel
    https://arnowelzel.de

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