Wednesday, 21 November 2012

iPhone Personal USB Hotspot & Windows 7

Have seen a number of description of how to connect a PC to the internet via an iPhone, but none quite described the procedure I had to follow (maybe I didn't search hard enough). Anyway, for my personal reference, as much as anything else this is what worked for me for my iPone 4 on Windows 7

On the iPone

  1. Connect iPhone to PC via USB Cable
  2. Settings -> General -> Network -> Personal Hotspot: Personal Hotspot = On. 

On the PC

  1. Start -> Control Panel: Search Control Panel for 'Network Connections' -> choose View Network Connections
  2. Select the Apple Device AND the the Local Area Connection.  Right click and choose: Bridge

After removing and then re-connecting the phone I found it necessary to manually "Remove from Bridge" and re-add things.

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