ColdWater@lemmy.ca to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agoI hate Samsung and their dumb software design choices, and this is one of them. Why do I need a SIM card to enable a hotspot whereas every other phone works without one?lemmy.caexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down135file-text
arrow-up194arrow-down1external-linkI hate Samsung and their dumb software design choices, and this is one of them. Why do I need a SIM card to enable a hotspot whereas every other phone works without one?lemmy.caColdWater@lemmy.ca to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agomessage-square52fedilinkfile-text
This phone is broken (broken screen) and was given to me, so I figured I’d use it as a WiFi extender, but I guess I can’t.
minus-squarekernelle@0d.gslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 hours agoI’ll have to disagree on that one, WiFi extenders extend an existing network, keeping the same network and DHCP is done by the original access point. A hotspot creates a new network, and DHCP is handled by the hotspot, not the network on the WAN side.
I’ll have to disagree on that one, WiFi extenders extend an existing network, keeping the same network and DHCP is done by the original access point.
A hotspot creates a new network, and DHCP is handled by the hotspot, not the network on the WAN side.