Tethering WiFi (With a twist)

[avarize]

I seem to have gotten myself in a little 'pickle' here and snapped off the antenna of my wireless NIC card on my computer during the moving process. Being rather crafty I attempted to repair it and got it partially functioning but it gets a very poor signal from the router (0/5 or 1/5) bars and the internet is beyond slow now on my desktop.

As a temporary fix I have just tethered my phone to do a few small things that I needed to get done, but with my throttle limit approaching and my cycle renewal still a week out this will not continue to work.

Is there a way to "tether" into my WiFi treating the phone as more of a wireless(or USB to comp) NIC card? It is out of my budget to replace the broken card at the moment and while possible, really not practical to relocate the router closer.

Tried to search around a little bit, and while I came up with a few similar thread none are exactly what I am seeking unless I am misunderstanding in my frustrated state.

 

[G1ForFun]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=use+phone+as+wireless+adapter

Found numerous results with ways to do this.

Pretty cool to know that this is an option just in case my usb wifi thing ever dies. Although it is only $10 bucks lol....don't mind spending that really.

 

[iLeopard]

Depending on the distance of your computer and router, the only idead i have is this. With a USB cable you could place your phone close to your router and let it use the wifi. With a service such as EasyTether, you could bridge the wifi on your phone to the computer with the USB cable I mentioned earlier. Another solution is if you phone is in bluetooth range to your computer you could actually tether that way using your wifi. Alike, place your phone close to your router so it can use wifi and then pair your phone and computer and tether like that.

 

[avarize]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=use+phone+as+wireless+adapter

Found numerous results with ways to do this.

Pretty cool to know that this is an option just in case my usb wifi thing ever dies. Although it is only $10 bucks lol....don't mind spending that really.

Fair enough, maybe I should have searched outside of XDA, sometimes I just like to stick my favorite native forum

Where did you find one for $10? The only decent ones with reviews I seem to find are $40+ and with the car emergency/move I just forked over cash for it's not something I wanted to shell out if I could easily tether as wireless adapter.

 

[G1ForFun]

Fair enough, maybe I should have searched outside of XDA, sometimes I just like to stick my favorite native forum

Where did you find one for $10? The only decent ones with reviews I seem to find are $40+ and with the car emergency/move I just forked over cash for it's not something I wanted to shell out if I could easily tether as wireless adapter.

Well to be fair it was on sale. I got it off Newegg. Dont be to worried about reviews...with wireless there are so many factors that play into bad/dropped signal and a lot of the average joes have no idea how or why it is happening. And rather than troubleshoot it, it is much easier to just blame the adapter. Naturally, these are the majority of people who write reviews.


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