How to make a phone as a modem for a computer via USB

Nowadays, constant access to the global network is necessary for many people. After all, this is one of the important conditions for a full-fledged and comfortable life in the modern world, successful professional activities, the rapid receipt of the necessary information, interesting pastime, and so on. But what to do a person if he was at the point where there is no wired broadband Internet and a USB modem, and from the computer you should urgently get into the "World Wide Web"?

We use the phone as a modem

Consider one of the solutions to such a problem. Smartphones are now almost all. And this device may well help us as a modem for a personal computer, taking into account the sufficient coverage of the area by the 3G and 4G network with cellular operators. Let's try to connect your smartphone to a PC via USB port and configure an Internet connection.

Connecting the phone as a modem via USB

So, we have a personal computer with Windows 8 on board and a smartphone based on Android. You must connect the phone to the PC via the USB port and use it to access the Internet. In other versions of the OS from Microsoft and on devices with iOS actions will be similar to the maintenance of the overall logical sequence. The only additional device that we need is a regular USB cable from telephone charging or similar to identical connectors. Let's proceed.

1. Turn on the computer. We wait for the full boot of the operating system.
2. On the smartphone, open the "settings", where we need to make several important changes.



3. On the System Settings tab, we find the section "Wireless Networks" and go to additional parameters by clicking on the "More" button.



4. On the subsequent page we are interested in "hot spot", that is, the access point. Tada on this line.



5. In devices on Android, there are three options for creating an access point: via Wi-Fi, using Bluetooth and the Internet you need via USB. Moving on the desired tab with a familiar icon.



6. Now it's time to implement the physical connection of the smartphone to a USB computer using the appropriate cable.
7. On the mobile device, move the slider to the right, including the "Internet via USB" feature. Please note that when activated with the overall access to the mobile network, it is impossible to get into the phone's memory on the computer.



8. Window begins automatic installation of drivers for smartphone. This process takes a few minutes. We are waiting for his ending.



9. The smartphone screen appears on the fact that the personal access point is included. This means that we did everything right.



10. Now it remains only to set up a new network in accordance with your criteria, for example, access network printers and other devices.



11. The task has been successfully completed. You can fully access the global network. Ready!

Disable modem mode

After the need to use the phone as a modem for a computer disappeared, you need to turn off the USB cable and the included function on the smartphone. What sequence is it better to do?

1. First, again go to the smartphone settings and move the slider to the left, turning off the Internet via USB.



2. We deploy the tray on the desktop of the computer and find the device connections icon via USB ports.



3. I click on the right mouse button on this icon and find a string with the name of the smartphone. Click "Extract".



4. The window pops up with a message about the possibility of safe equipment extraction. Turn off the USB wire from the computer and smartphone. The disconnection process is completed.

As you can see, configure Internet access for a computer through a mobile phone using a USB cable, quite simple. The main thing, do not forget to control the spending of traffic, because at cellular operators, tariffs can radically differ from the proposals of wired Internet providers.

See also: 5 Computer connection methods to the Internet