Comments on: Tethering your iPhone as a wireless modem with Telstra.

By: Doug

Doug — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:16:08 +0000

Does anyone know if the new iPhone 4s has the same tethering feature? I still use my Nokia as a modem, but lately have found Nokia support to be lacking and sometimes it won’t connect to the internet at all. So I was planning on buying the new iPhone 4s…but tethering for me is a must so I don’t want to spend big money on a new phone that doesn’t have tethering! Can anyone advise??

By: Ricg

Ricg — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:06:48 +0000

If you are tethering, it will use hard wired modem before wireless, try this,left click network “icon” in notification area (near taskbar clock) then left “click” open network and sharing, on top left menu left “click” change adapter settings. In this section you can right click a connection and disable or enable “either connection” careful your neighbours could be there as well, if so disable theirs from your computer. You should have one for Thompson and one for iPhone (atleast) and there maybe some wireless adapters on your PC as well which are not used !! (maybe Atheros or like that). Just enable the adapter you want to use and you can “right click” any adapter and change them over at any time.. “just select enable on the one you want to use and disable on the other (after right clicking them).. good luck.. try not to run two adapters like usb tether and wireless at the same time, if you do “always assume the data is coming off your phone plan, unless your have it disabled!!

By: tedd

tedd — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:47:57 +0000

iphone 3gs tethering to pc laptop, and imac desktop worked well for me.
decided to be ‘good’ and upgrade software on imac and iphone to 4.3.1.
still tethers from imac (now called Personal Hotspot) but not to laptop.

really annoying, s’pose i should upgrade itunes on laptop but how do i connect to net?!
New ‘features’ of software noway compensate for this loss of tethering so beware!
tedd

By: Edwina

Edwina — Wed, 04 May 2011 07:46:27 +0000

Can I use the bluetooth facility to tether my iphone4 to my ipad? Ipad is 1 not ipad2.

By: Tiago

Tiago — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 06:14:17 +0000

I have a home internet with Telstra and In my house using a Thompson moden my laptop’s is getting a weaker signal than my iphone, so I’m using tethering and wandering if it’s using my 3G data plan or my home internet which is 100GB…

By: admin

admin — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 10:36:21 +0000

I don’t think so, have you checked app store for modem app?

By: John

John — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 06:24:18 +0000

can i-phone 4 be used as a dial-up modem. not internet but dial out to another phone modem??

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 09:28:06 +0000

Just make sure you get a large data pack, e.g., if you are going for the $79 Telstra cap plan, pay and extra $4.50 and get the 3GB data pack, it should be more than ample.

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 20:56:09 +0000

Regarding ping times, 3G networks switch modems/phones between several types of data channel, to manage a compromise of performance, battery life, and network capacity. A ping test conducted within seconds after a large data movement will probably show much lower latency than one done after sitting idle for half a minute.

By: jo

jo — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:56:33 +0000

I am about to get an iPhone and have been wondering about this tethering bit.

Have been thinking of getting rid of my landline but only keeping it on as I want to have internet available to me at home. I’m not a huge user on the web – mainly emails, occasional facebook and checking out a few things on the web.
So, tomorrow when I pick up my Iphone – do i go for the larger plan and rely on “tethering” for checking emails and facebook at home or do I keep plodding along in my dinosaur ways with a landline, mobile and internet connection! feels like too many account admin fees to me. WHat do others think? And if I’m going with a telstra capped plan, is there anything I need to be aware of regarding fee structure?