Setting up HotSpot or Tethering on HUAWEI Mate Xs

Sharing the net connection of HUAWEI Mate Xs in wifi is an extremely handy feature on the HUAWEI Mate Xs. In fact, putting the HUAWEI Mate Xs in modem mode makes it possible to share the connection of the smartphone with your entourage or with your different devices. So, if you don’t have a suitable Wifi access where you are, we will discover on this page how you can transform the HUAWEI Mate Xs into a wifi hotspot. We will initially see how you can enable and configure connection sharing. We will see in a second section what is the connection sharing and what it signifies for the HUAWEI Mate Xs.Tethering-HotSpot-huawei-mate-xs

How you can share the HUAWEI Mate Xs connection

To turn your HUAWEI Mate Xs into a Wi-Fi hotspot, it’s extremely simple. In fact, it’s only required to perform 2 steps. The first of all is to enable connection sharing and the second is to set up the network. All you have to do is follow the 2 steps below.

Enable Net Connection Sharing on HUAWEI Mate Xs

To share your HUAWEI Mate Xs net connection, you will 1st have to enable connection sharing. To get this done, go to the HUAWEI Mate Xs Settings menu . When you’re there, you must 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 the HUAWEI Mate Xs is connected to a personal pc
  • Share through smartphone bluetooth

When you have made your choice, you just have to test to activate the sharing of the HUAWEI Mate Xs connection. When ever it is active, you should see a tiny icon appear in the notifications bar.

Set up Wifi connection sharing on HUAWEI Mate Xs

At this point that you’ve set your HUAWEI Mate Xs in modem mode, you’ll have to set up the network so other devices may connect. Just those who have chosen Wi-Fi sharing are affected by the configuration. To set up, click Via Wifi under Internet Connection Sharing. If you are there, go to Configure the Wi-Fi hotspot. When you are on this page, you’re able to change the password to connect to the HUAWEI Mate Xs network. So, enter the password which you have chosen and confirm. Finally, you’re able to also change the network name if you wish.

Connect to the HUAWEI Mate Xs network

At this point that the network is configured, you’re able to connect to it with other devices. To get this done, you just have to bring your device and look for the HUAWEI Mate Xs network among the available WIFI networks. When you have found it, you can sign in using the password that you designed. And there you have a decent net connection!

What is Connection Sharing on a HUAWEI Mate Xs

To make it simple, sharing a connection means sharing the 3G or 4G connection of the HUAWEI Mate Xs with other devices. So it’s ideal when you do not have a WiFi connection but you have 3G or 4G network on your HUAWEI Mate Xs. This permits you to have a good connection almost everywhere. Warning: Realize that HUAWEI Mate Xs’s connection share uses mobile data. It indicates that the net usage you are using is deducted from your téléphone plan. Thus, it’s possible to configure a limit on the consumption of mobile data. Thus, after a certain limit, the HUAWEI Mate Xs hotspot wifi turn off.