diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md index 9234d0a..756f263 100644 --- a/docs/index.md +++ b/docs/index.md @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ authors: ["trent"] # Trent's Blog ## **Posts By Date** +* [2020-12-17: Instructions for Tethering From Phone](posts/instructions-for-tethering-from-phone){target=_blank} * [2020-12-15: LMDE4 Custom Partitions Disk Encryption](posts/lmde4-custom-partitions-disk-encryption){target=_blank} * [2020-06-21: Linux Move Cursor With Keyboard](posts/linux-move-cursor-with-keyboard){target=_blank} * [2019-05-12: Simplified Raspberry Streaming](posts/simplified-raspberry-streaming){target=_blank} diff --git a/docs/posts/instructions-for-tethering-from-phone.md b/docs/posts/instructions-for-tethering-from-phone.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ef1e100 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/posts/instructions-for-tethering-from-phone.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +--- +title: "Instructions For Tethering From Phone" +date: 2020-12-17 +draft: false +tags: ["android","tethering"] +authors: ["trent"] +--- +date: 2020-12-17 +## **Instructions** + +### Part One +1. Turn **off** blutooth on computer +1. Turn **off** blutooth on phone +1. Turn **off** Wifi on phone + +### Part Two +1. Turn on wifi hotspot **or** usb tethering + +### **ACHTUNG Do Not!** +1. **DO NOT** turn on ethernet tethering + * you probably don't have the physical equipment available to do that +1. **DO NOT** turn on blutooth tethering + * $#*?#* **DUH!!** +1. **DO NOT** turn on blutooth + * Your phone's radio hardware already has enough to do, trying to simultaneously maintain an LTE uplink to your mobile carrier and a wifi downlink to your computer +1. **DO NOT** turn on wifi + * Don't let your phone try to connect to something that isn't working right now +1. **DO NOT** forget to turn off blutooth + * Your phone's radio hardware already has enough to do, trying to simultaneously maintain an LTE uplink to your mobile carrier and a wifi downlink to your computer +1. **DO NOT** forget to turn off wifi + * Don't let your phone try to connect to something that isn't working right now + +### Blutooth +If you leave blutooth on while trying to tether, you phone could get hot, your battery could go dead, and your hotspot could fail to work properly. +Be surprised it it doesn't crash and soft-reboot. diff --git a/site/index.html b/site/index.html index 5658837..c72c0a7 100644 --- a/site/index.html +++ b/site/index.html @@ -467,6 +467,7 @@

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