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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
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      Will the phones do wireless tethering via USB? That would be handy. Especially if they would do it to something other than Windows.

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        Alex Sage
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        What about a wireless brigde connect the wan port of a standard wifi router? Phone connects to bridge, router works like normal.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @Alex Sage
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            @anonymous said:

            What about a wireless brigde connect the wan port of a standard wifi router? Phone connects to bridge, router works like normal.

            Maybe, I wish that I had a diagram of this to make it clearer....

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              Alex Sage @scottalanmiller
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              @scottalanmiller said:

              @anonymous said:

              What about a wireless brigde connect the wan port of a standard wifi router? Phone connects to bridge, router works like normal.

              Maybe, I wish that I had a diagram of this to make it clearer....

              Can I make one on my iPhone? 😄

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              • scottalanmillerS
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                So you have a wireless to Ethernet bridge. The phone does 4G to WiFi bridging. The bridge connects to the phone. The router will connect to the bridge, request DHCP, the phone will hand out an IP address. That might work.

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                  Alex Sage @scottalanmiller
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                  @scottalanmiller said:

                  So you have a wireless to Ethernet bridge. The phone does 4G to WiFi bridging. The bridge connects to the phone. The router will connect to the bridge, request DHCP, the phone will hand out an IP address. That might work.

                  I think so 🙂

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller
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                    Seems like it will work as long as the bridge allows you to connect to the phone's WiFi. Have one handy to test?

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                    • MattSpellerM
                      MattSpeller @scottalanmiller
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                      @scottalanmiller said:

                      Will the phones do wireless tethering via USB?

                      My Nexus5 will do USB tethering far faster and more reliably than it does WiFi

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller
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                        That's not surprising. WiFi always introduces latency and complication. If you can avoid it, that is ideal.

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                          Alex Sage @scottalanmiller
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                          @scottalanmiller said:

                          That's not surprising. WiFi always introduces latency and complication. If you can avoid it, that is ideal.

                          Bridges seem kinda of costly. Couldn't I do the same thing with 2 routers?

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                            Alex Sage
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                            One router in client mode, and one as a normal router?

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @Alex Sage
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                              @anonymous said:

                              @scottalanmiller said:

                              That's not surprising. WiFi always introduces latency and complication. If you can avoid it, that is ideal.

                              Bridges seem kinda of costly. Couldn't I do the same thing with 2 routers?

                              How costly? Which ones are you looking at? My last bridge was pretty cheap.

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                              • JaredBuschJ
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                                Also remember by implementing this spend a little money and do it right. Because you are eliminating a recurring monthly cost.

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                                  Alex Sage
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                                  We have a solution!

                                  http://www.tp-link.com/en/faq-611.html

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller
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                                    How expensive is that device?

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                                    • JaredBuschJ
                                      JaredBusch
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                                      Not your full solution. You will not be able to use both phones at the same time as stated.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
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                                        @JaredBusch said:

                                        Not your full solution. You will not be able to use both phones at the same time as stated.

                                        Oh, I thought that he wanted to just be able to use one or the other at any given time, but not both at the exact same time.

                                        Did I misunderstand that?

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                                        • JaredBuschJ
                                          JaredBusch
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                                          Either or both was stated

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                                            Alex Sage @JaredBusch
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                                            @JaredBusch said:

                                            Not your full solution. You will not be able to use both phones at the same time as stated.

                                            Just realized that 😞

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