Setting up HotSpot or Tethering on ROG Phone

Sharing the internet connection of ROG Phone in wifi is an extremely handy feature on the ROG Phone. Certainly, putting the ROG Phone in modem mode afford them the ability to share the connection of the telephone with your entourage or with your other devices. So, if you do not have a suitable Wifi access where you are, we will discover in this post the technique to convert the ROG Phone into a wifi hotspot. We will first see the technique to enable and configure connection sharing. We will see in a second section what is the connection sharing and what it implies for the ROG Phone.Tethering-HotSpot-rog-phone

Tips on how to share the ROG Phone connection

To turn your ROG Phone into a Wi-Fi hotspot, it’s extremely basic. Certainly, it’s only necessary to execute two steps. The first is to enable connection sharing and the second is to set up the network. All you have to do is stick to the two steps below.

Enable Net Connection Sharing on ROG Phone

To share your ROG Phone net connection, you will 1st have to enable connection sharing. To do this, go to the ROG Phone Settings menu . Once you’re there, you need to go to Wireless and Networks , and then find the Internet Connection Sharing tab. You will then have three choices available to you:

  • Sharing the Wi-Fi connection: for connecting wireless devices
  • USB sharing: when ever the ROG Phone is connected to a computer
  • Share through smartphone bluetooth

If you have made your decision, you just have to test to activate the sharing of the ROG Phone connection. When it is active, you should see a little icon show up in the notifications bar.

Configure Wifi connection sharing on ROG Phone

Now that you have set your ROG Phone in modem mode, you’ll have to set up the network so other devices can connect. Only those who have opted for Wi-Fi sharing are affected by the configuration. To set up, click Through Wifi under Internet Connection Sharing. When you are there, go to Configure the Wi-Fi hotspot. Once you are on this page, you can actually change the password to connect to the ROG Phone network. So, enter the password of your choice and validate. At last, you can actually also change the network name if you wish.

Connect to the ROG Phone network

Now that the network is configured, you can actually connect to it with other devices. To do this, you just simply have to bring your device and look for the ROG Phone network among the available WIFI networks. If you have found it, you can sign in using the password that you configured. And there you have a good net connection!

What is Connection Sharing on a ROG Phone

To make it basic, sharing a connection means sharing the 3G or 4G connection of the ROG Phone with other devices. So it is ideal when ever you will not have a WiFi connection but you have 3G or 4G network on your ROG Phone. This allows you to have a good connection almost everywhere. Warning: Note that ROG Phone’s connection share uses mobile data. It indicates that the internet usage you are using is deducted from your portable plan. So, it is possible to configure a limit on the consumption of mobile data. So, after a specific limit, the ROG Phone hotspot wifi cuts.