• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

Mobile hotspot?

Andrea, there are other devices that will create a mobile hotspot for you like the MBR and Kyocera cradlepoint routers. They take a variety of devices as the input source (datacards and tethered phones), and thus can work on a variety of different networks. They are a little larger and a little more expensive but the features they provide like managing your connection for you with multiple devices, is more than worth it.
 
Is it possible to use your laptop as a mobile hot spot when using a tethered phone or something like that? I think it's called "Adhoc" mode on your wireless card?
 
Yes you can James, it's pretty simple. In XP, once the cell connection has been created, disconnect, go into Network Connections and find the icon for the cellular connection. Right click on it and click properties, click on the farthest tab on the right (Sharing) and check the box that says "Allow other computers to access the internet through this computer".

Once you reconnect to your cellular connection, you can create an Ad-Hoc wifi connection and anybody who connects to that wireless network will have internet connectivity through your air card.

In Win 7 the process is the same, but you'll have to open your Network & Sharing Center from Control Panel, on the left side click on Change Adapter Settings. Find your cellular connection and the steps from there are the same.
 
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