If you’re like most people, you probably have a Windows tablet and a 3G/4G internet connection. But what if you want to share your 3G/4G internet connection with other devices from your Windows tablet? There are a few ways to do this. The first way is to use the “netstat” command. This command will show you all the connections on your computer and on your tablet. You can then use the “ping” command to test whether or not you can ping other devices on your tablet. The second way is to use the “netstat -a” command. This command will show you all the connections on your computer and on your tablet, but it will also show any active connections that are connected to other devices. You can then use the “ping -c 10 192.168.1.1” command to test whether or not 10 of those active connections are connected to other devices on your tablet. The third way is to use the “ipconfig /all” command. Thiscommand will show all of the active network adapters on your computer and on your tablet, as well as their addresses and their status (connected, disconnected, or paused). You can then use the “ping -c 10 192.168.1.1"command to test whether or not 10 of those active network adapters are connected to other devices on your tablet
I’m sure that we are not the only people who carry around multiple devices and only have 1 or 2 mobile data plans. If the device carrying your data plan happens to be your Windows tablet, start celebrating. We’ll show you how you can share that data goodness with your other devices.
Note: The following method was tested and confirmed working on a Samsung ATIV Tab.
How to Share Your Internet Connection With Other Devices From Your Windows Tablet
Press the Windows + R key combination to bring up a run box, type ncpa.cpl and hit enter.
When your network connections control panel window opens, right-click on your Wireless network adapter and select properties from the context menu.
Now switch over to the Sharing tab and allow other devices to use your machine’s internet by selecting the first checkbox and then unchecking the second before clicking on the OK button.
Now press the Win + X keyboard combination to bring up the WinX menu in the bottom left of your screen. From here you will need to launch an administrative command prompt, or PowerShell prompt if you happen to be running Windows 8.1.
The first thing we need to do is set up the wireless network, which is done using the netsh command like so:
Where ssid is the name of your network and key is the password you want users to connect with. It is also worth mentioning that the access point is created with WPA2-PSK (AES) encryption.
Finally we need to start broadcasting our newly created network so that our other devices can pick it up.
That’s all there is to it. When you are done, you can simply run the following command to stop the network.
