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Use iPhone personal hotspot to connect my iPad with my laptop

I am living in school residence so I don't have a wireless connection, nor am I allowed to use a router on the school internet.

I have an iPhone with data plan and personal hotspot. I want to watch movies on my iPad, streaming from my laptop, using some apps like VLC Streamer.

So my questions are, can I set up a network using my iPhone, and have both my laptop and iPad connect to my personal hotspot? Will that allow me to use VLC Streamer? And will my mobile carrier charge me for the data between my laptop and iPad, which should be considered a local connection?

Thanks a million!

iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.4

Posted on Jul 27, 2013 8:12 PM

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Use iPhone personal hotspot to connect my iPad with my laptop

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