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sam113 · ‎03-12-2017

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 🙂

dalyer · ‎04-12-2017

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.

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dalyer · ‎07-12-2017

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.

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dalyer · ‎09-12-2017

Any update @sam113?

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sam113 · ‎09-12-2017

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

dalyer · ‎09-12-2017

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.

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sam113 · ‎09-12-2017

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.

dalyer · ‎09-12-2017

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

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sam113 · ‎10-12-2017

Yep 🙂

dalyer · ‎10-12-2017

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

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RobertR3829 · ‎27-10-2020

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

dalyer · ‎27-10-2020

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.

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