Use Your Mobile Broadband Connection Card for Your Wireless Router

So have you been wanting to use your Mobile Broadband USB stick or Laptop card connection for a router to have wireless in the home, but have no clue how to do it? connection. You have seen these $150-$200 routers coming out that you can put your USB or Laptop Broadband card in and use your mobile broadband connection for the wireless router. Well Here's a solution so you don't have to Waste $200.

Steps

  1. Make sure you have an active mobile broadband connection from a cellular provider it could be from a USB or Laptop card device.
  2. Log onto the administrator or host account of your computer.
  3. Go to Start, then click on Control Panel.
  4. Find Network and internet Connections and click on it.
  5. Select Network Connections.
  6. Select your type of internet connection, then click Properties.
  7. Click on the Advanced tab.
  8. Look under Internet Connection Sharing, there should be a check-off box that says Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection. Check off that box.
  9. If you use dial-up for your internet connection, check off Establish a dial-up connection whenever a computer on my network attempts to access the Internet. Then click OK.
  10. Click "Yes" when you receive this message;
    • When Internet Connection Sharing is enabled, your LAN adapter will be set to use IP address 192.168.0.1. Your computer may lose connectivity with other computers on your network. If these other computers have static IP addresses, it is a good idea to set them to obtain their IP addresses automatically. Are you sure you want to enable Internet Connection Sharing?
  11. Run a Cat 5 cable from your desktop or laptop with active Mobile broadband ICS connection from the computers LAN port to the Routers Internet In Port. And Voila !

Tips

  • I could not get my router configuration (TL-WR941ND) to work until I told the router to "Get IP with Unicast DHCP". The proper IP address and Default Gateway were then set properly and everything worked.
  • You might have to Plug in a laptop or desktop directly to one of the routers outgoing LAN ports on the back of the router and access the wireless settings to change those, then save them how you wish and you're good. Use your laptop to log onto the router and change the wireless security settings. The manual with your router describes how to do this.

Warnings

  • Be careful when messing with the setting, you could do something wrong and nothing will work!

Things You'll Need

  • A wireless Broadband Card or USB stick from a cellular provider
  • Desktop or Laptop
  • Wireless or Regular Router
  • A little know how

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