Question about internet tethering

[Annngel]

I have a question. Duh.

I'm connected to my iPhone on my macbook through Bluetooth and my iPhone is currently connected to my school WiFi..

So.. I'm using my Data Plan's internet or my school WiFi?

 

[Nckcard]

Why don't you just connect your Macbook to the school's wifi...? Your question seems redundant.

 

[Magsec4]

Interesting question.

What icon appears in the top bar on the screen of the iPhone? 3G, E, or the wifi icon?

Also, check your ip address on the MacBook while tethered. Then connect the MacBook to the wifi network without tethering enabled and check your ip address again.

www.whatismyip.com

 

[Applejuiced]

I know, how pointless.

Why don't you just connect your Macbook to the school's wifi...? Your question seems redundant.

 

[Annngel]

Why don't you just connect your Macbook to the school's wifi...? Your question seems redundant.

You totally have no idea what's my college WiFi like. It's slow like crap. Can't expect much since they have like 16,000 students or something. Anyways, my school wifi is so complicated we have to setup the proxy and stuff and I'm sure i set it properly but it just doesn't work on my macbook and interestingly enough the WiFi works on my iPhone.

Interesting question.

What icon appears in the top bar on the screen of the iPhone? 3G, E, or the wifi icon?

Also, check your ip address on the MacBook while tethered. Then connect the MacBook to the wifi network without tethering enabled and check your ip address again.

www.whatismyip.com

The icon appears the usual WiFi icon

Well, i went to speedtest to test the speed instead and sadly... it said ISP Singtel Mobile. And my data plan service provider is singtel.. so i guess it is tethering from the data plan even though the iphone is connected to a wifi.

 

[DenniZ]

Yes if your phone is tethering, it only tethers the 3G/EDGE/GPRS signal not the wifi signal I think.

 

[avidengo1]

Whats this I see about tethering???

So I'm reeeally new to the world of Apple. I just got an iPhone 3gs 32gig and i thought internet tethering didn't exist on it yet...anybody?

 

[cmbezln]

help.benm.at

 

[HiFiGuy528]

tethering does not work over WiFi.

 

[kate-willbury]

I have a question. Duh.

I'm connected to my iPhone on my macbook through Bluetooth and my iPhone is currently connected to my school WiFi..

So.. I'm using my Data Plan's internet or my school WiFi?

You totally have no idea what's my college WiFi like. It's slow like crap. Can't expect much since they have like 16,000 students or something. Anyways, my school wifi is so complicated we have to setup the proxy and stuff and I'm sure i set it properly but it just doesn't work on my macbook and interestingly enough the WiFi works on my iPhone.

lol. so if your wifi at school is so slow, how could it possibly be any faster using wifi on the iphone and then tethering to your mac via bluetooth? if anything that would be even slower. are people learning less and less at school now or something?

if wifi works on your iphone then it will obviously work on your macbook. you just have no idea what you're doing.