Iphone hotspot won't work on laptop or computer but will on other mobile devices?

Worked!

my computer connected but said no internet. In network settings I clicked diagnose connection and found there was a problem with the DHCP. I fixed it by following these instructions : https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Axwrc6raHno

My HP laptop couldn't connect. I changed the name of my iPhone 6 from the default name "iPhone" to "MyName iPhone 6" and it works now. Must be something with certain iPhone names. Try a few and see if it helps.

Massive thank you!

This got me out of trouble with an engineer trying to run teamviewer via personal hotspot to diagnose some equipment!

Saved us money and time!

WOW- i had just started skimming for an answer to the same problem. iphone to toshiba laptop- limited connection, iphone to asus laptop just fine. was wearily wondering how long it was going to take me to figure this out. i took the "s" out of my iphone's name, had to reboot- but all is well now. again WOW- i dread to think how long i COULD have been looking for this answer. Thank You!!

I'm not sure if my situation is the same but here is my issue: Since I acquired both win 10 and an iphone 6s plus within the last few months, I had not had a need to use my hotspot so I'm not sure these acquisitions are relevant. This past weekend I needed to use the hotspot with my PC and it said can't connect to this network. My Ipad said the same but it did allow me to enter the password and then the Ipad was fine. The PC just says can't connect. So, I then hooked up the USB from iphone to PC and no problem. So, the bottom line is that I'm fine except I can't connect wirelessly from phone to PC. I've tried every solution offered up on the forums but nothing has worked.

I have had the problem all morning, changing the name, connecting via USB, resetting the wifi, but only got connected intermittently. I have a (two day old) Dell Inspiron 3000. I went to device manager and updated the drivers for the wireless adapter directly from Dell. And now all my problems have disappeared. It seems that there have been issues that have now been sorted out with the updated drivers.

(Device manager is accessed by right clicking on the Start icon bottom left).

thanks so much! This worked for me. I'm using a lenovo thinkpad yoga

Thank you. This worked for my iPhone 6 Plus and Surface Pro.

This worked for me! Thanks!

Hello,

I fought with no internet connection for days. Tried the 's thing and the max power mode on the pc wireless card thing. In the end, the only thing that corrected it was to reset all network settings on the pc and reboot the pc. Once I did this, I connected instantly and perfectly. It's probably a network setting on your pc, not an issue with your phone.

By the way, my setup was working perfectly until about a week ago and it just stopped working. The above mentioned was the only way I could get it corrected and I had made no network setting changes between then and now.

P.S. I also could no longer get internet access through Bluetooth or via USB tether. All of those features worked before the issue popped up. It's all working properly now after the network settings reset on the pc.

I had same issue. For me I just change my phone name to a simple name and it works

I don't know why it matters but it worked for me

Good luck

Thanks! This worked for me and was an easy fix.

It worked great stuff thanks for Phill

Try mobile / mobile data roaming / mobile data settings / network reset