View original (French)

Wi-Fi/Internet in Camping

Solved
Benny743 Posted messages 8 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -  
brupala Posted messages 111143 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -
Hello, I'm with Free and going camping soon. It was so obvious that I didn't check it, but if it still exists: I'm going to a campsite with paid Wifi. I thought I'd look into it a bit to avoid being spied on and to not pay a fortune (75€ for the week: true story). So I'm looking for some help, like is it possible if I click on this button (NO, not that one, the other one!!). Info: Free/freemobile/Windows 10 PC/iPhone

- going through the phone: concretely, how do I do it?
- getting a Free network on the PC: yes, where and how?

And bonus question: a vacationer mentioned that his wifi was 'absent' while he was at the campsite and not when he was out. Can I find out if a jammer is being used? Because I wouldn't let them get away with that... Don't take my internet away like that!

Thanks everyone

3 answers

  1.
    jee pee Posted messages 31885 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   9 981
     
    Hello,

    I recently used this solution while camping with my phone and my Free mobile subscription (not the €2 one, which doesn’t have data). First, of course, the phone must have a signal from the Free mobile network. Then, on the phone, you need to enable data and create a Wi-Fi hotspot. I don't know how to do it on an iPhone; I did it on Android. Once the Wi-Fi hotspot is activated, you can find the Wi-Fi network created by the phone on the PC, and you just need to connect to it, just like you would connect to the Wi-Fi at home.

    After that, you have internet access on the PC. I was also watching television using the CapTvTy app (it doesn’t have all the channels but about 2/3 of the 25 TNT channels).

    You can test it right now.

    What about a jammer at the campsite? No idea.

    0
    1. Benny743 Posted messages 8 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       
      Thank you very much, I will test it tomorrow on my son's Android. It's not so much for the channels, it's more for my side job... Although considering the storms around here, a good movie in a mobile home for a kid, works! Thanks again!

      P.S. It's nice: a stranger is a friend we haven't met yet.
      0
      2. Benny743 Posted messages 8 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   > Benny743 Posted messages 8 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         

        Back from vacation, it went well. Thank you very much!

        0
    2. brupala Posted messages 111143 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   14 446
       

      Mobile TV is bad!!

      It's already bad in general.

      When I think that they're deploying 5G networks just for people to watch TV, mobile operators should have let the TV channels take over 5G and use it for VOD.

      But it's clear they don't have the means, between the rights to producers and the financing of a network, they are hardly more profitable than a 4x5 advertising panel in the middle of Beauce.

      There are concerns about this system, unless they sell subscriptions for €50 a month.

      0
  2. Pierr10 Posted messages 13830 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   5 840
     
    Hello,

    I don't believe at all in wifi interference. But if by chance it existed, you can use your smartphone as a USB modem.

    It's easy on Android: it's in Connections => Mobile Hotspot and Tethering

    It should also be possible on iPhone.

    The idea is to replace the wifi with a USB cable. The downside is that only one person can benefit from the connection.

    --
    What is well understood is clearly expressed,
    And the words to say it come easily.
    (Boileau)
    0
    1. brupala Posted messages 111143 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   14 446
       
      Hi,
      Unless she shares it as a Wi-Fi hotspot :-)
      But well, it's better to share directly via Wi-Fi.
      As for jamming, I don't quite see how we can jam Wi-Fi frequencies while providing a Wi-Fi network.
      0
      1. Benny743 Posted messages 8 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   > brupala Posted messages 111143 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         

        Back from vacation, it went very well. Thank you very much!

        0
    2. Benny743 Posted messages 8 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       

      You were right, no Wifi interference, but it was just that a vacationer had indicated. In any case, thank you!

      0
      1. brupala Posted messages 111143 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   14 446 > Benny743 Posted messages 8 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         

        :-)

        Great, thanks for the feedback.

        0
  3. orpheu48 Posted messages 509 Status Member 144
     

    Thank you for all this information, but there's one downside: I can receive my emails, but I can't send any.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks everyone and have a great summer.

    Best regards,

    0
    1. brupala Posted messages 111143 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   14 446
       

      Thank you for starting your own discussion instead of jumping onto one that has nothing to do with it.

      And instead, choose the messaging forum.

      0