Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge Hotspot and Tethering
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Samsung S7/S7Edge Wi-Fi Hotspot and USB tethering Wi-Fi Hotspot: 1. Go to Settings > Mobile hotspot and tethering > Mobile hotspot and tap the On/Off switch. 2. Here you can see the HOTSPOT NAME, and change the PASSWORD. 3. On the client device, use the Wi-Fi network and password that was associated with the hotspot to connect. Alternative method: Swipe down with two fingers from a home page and tap Mobile hotspot, then swipe with one finger and tap tethering or hotspot active to get to the same page as in step 2 above. USB Tethering: For most installations you can start with step 2. If it doesn’t connect you may need to check your computer setup. Generally the best strategy is to use the device as an RNDIS network interface, rather than dialing out directly as a modem: 1. Prepare the client computer with the proper driver a. Windows Vista or later should work without additional software b. Windows XP users may need to install ActiveSync 4.5 or later. They may need an Internet connection to do this. c. OS X users will need to download the HoRNDIS driver from http://joshuawise.com/horndis (3rd-party website) d. Most Linux distributions will work without additional software 2. Connect the device to a computer via a USB cable. Make sure your Wifi connection is off. 3. Wait for the client computer to recognize the device 4. On the device, go to Apps > Settings > Mobile hotspot and tethering and tap USB tethering. 5. Wait for the client computer to recognize the device as a new network connection a. Depending on your operating system, you may or may not see anything happen. b. OS X users may see a message on the phone about Android File Transfer, which they can ignore The Internet should now be available on the client computer; turn Wi-Fi off, open a web browser, and verify that you can view web pages. .