topic Re: Wifi in Internet

Wifi

sam113 — Sun, 03 Dec 2017 23:20:34 GMT

Hi folks. I just got an extra sim thinking I would use it for my wifi. I activated it, bought credit but it is not working. Would any of you tech savvy people have any advice, thanks in advance 🙂

Re: Wifi

dalyer — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 07:27:35 GMT

You say wifi but do you actually mean carrier data for connectivity while out and about?
If so then you need to configure the internet settings for the SIM.
You can follow the instructions here to do this

http://community.48months.ie/t5/The-Knowledgebase/My-Internet-is-not-working/ta-p/45928

Is it a dual SIM phone?
Are you using two 48 SIMs?
If so, why?

You say you bought credit but if that means cash credit then you still need to buy membership for the SIM to work.

Many dual SIMs only support slow data speeds on the second SIM.

What make and model of phone is it?

Hope this helps.

Re: Wifi

sam113 — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 10:36:11 GMT

Hi dayler. I have a sim which I have membership for and is used for my phone. I got a new one (added credit and membership) thinking I could put it in my wifi for my laptop internet use one only. Thanks so much for your reply 🙂

Re: Wifi

dalyer — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 10:44:04 GMT

So it's not a dual SIM phone but you have one 48 SIM in your phone and one in your laptop?

Why not just use one SIM in your phone and configure your phone as a personal wifi hotspot allowing your laptop to use its internet connection?

That would halve your monthly costs.

If, for some reason, you need separate SIMs then you still need to configure your laptop so that the SIM it uses has the correct APN settings.

How you do this depends on the system and utilities that you are using on your laptop.

If you're using Windows 10 then something like this may be relevant:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-ie/help/10744/windows-10-mobile-cellular-sim-settings

Hope this helps.

Re: Wifi

sam113 — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 14:27:16 GMT

I didn't realise I could do that. Thanks so much for the advice, you have been a great help 🙂

Re: Wifi

dalyer — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 15:37:13 GMT

You mean you didn't know that you could configure things for your laptop to use your phone to connect to the internet?

You seem to be using an iPhone so this should help:

https://support.apple.com/en-ie/HT204023

As ever Apple make things more complicated than they need to be so if you have problems with this then have a look at the note about iPhone personal hotspot setup:

http://community.48months.ie/t5/The-Knowledgebase/My-Internet-is-not-working/ta-p/45928

Hope this helps.

Re: Wifi

dalyer — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 20:57:31 GMT

Did that help at all @sam113?

Re: Wifi

sam113 — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 01:52:46 GMT

Dayler, I can see why you are called legend! Thank you do much for your help. I have been flat out at work but have attempted to configure my phone (thanks to your help). I will be able to check tomorrow to see if it has worked. Thanks so much for taking the time to help a techno phob like myself, I really appreciate it 🙂

Re: Wifi

dalyer — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 09:07:34 GMT

Glad it helped.

Let us know how it goes when you test it.

Re: Wifi

sam113 — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 00:06:02 GMT

Hey Dalyer, unfortunately I have had no success, but thank you for your suggestions.

Re: Wifi

dalyer — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 00:11:02 GMT

What happened/went wrong?
It's definitely possible to configure a personal hotspot and have other wifi devices connect to it to share the phone's internet connection.
First step is to make sure that the phone itself can connect to the internet.
Then configure the personal hotspot.
Then connect devices (e.g. laptop) to the phone's personal hotspot and see that they can connect to the internet.
Bear in mind that a laptop will most likely use a lot more data than the phone itself so you could easily use up your data allowance quicker than usual.

Hope this helps.

Re: Wifi

dalyer — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 14:31:11 GMT

Any update @sam113?

Re: Wifi

sam113 — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 17:08:24 GMT

Hi, I've no idea, I followed your instructions as best I could. It says contact carrier when I try to press personal hotspot 😕

Re: Wifi

dalyer — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 17:55:44 GMT

You need to look at the video linked from the instructions that I linked to earlier.
This problem is due to the stupid way that Apple do things.
The video explains how to get around this and complete the configuration of the personal hotspot.

Hope this helps.

Re: Wifi

sam113 — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 21:31:05 GMT

Dalyer, I've been at it all day. Bingo, got it :). I've no idea how to be honest but I couldn't have done it without your help. Thank you thank you thank you .x.

Re: Wifi

dalyer — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 21:36:54 GMT

Great. So you have the hotspot working and can connect to the internet through it from your laptop?

Re: Wifi

sam113 — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 12:38:49 GMT

Yep 🙂

Re: Wifi

dalyer — Sun, 10 Dec 2017 12:53:49 GMT

That's great.
Glad you got it sorted in the end.

Re: Wifi

RobertR3829 — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 22:12:13 GMT

Hello dalyer the legend.
I'm wondering do u know if a 48 sim can be used with a 4g router? So I could connect other devices?
I'm not sure if this is allowed?
I'm enquiring if this can be done?
Tks
Rob

Re: Wifi

dalyer — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 22:29:50 GMT

Yes it is allowed.

Just be aware of the fair usage terms and conditions.

See this recent thread on the same issue:

https://community.48.ie/t5/Internet/Data-usage-incorrect/m-p/54224

Hope this helps.