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Just wondering if my iPhone 5s is connected to my home WiFi network and I setup Personal Hotspot on the iPhone, will the iPhone use the WiFi or will it use my Carrier Data for the data transfers?
iPhone 4S, Windows 7
Clarification.
I setup the hotspot on my iphone, which has both cellular and WiFi network access.
My iPhone, I know will use WiFi for it's internet connections.
A device connects to my iPhone, using the hotspot.
I would hope that my iPhone would use the least expensive network, ie, WiFi, when routing the connected devices requests, rather than forcefully using Cellular, of which I have limited amounts with costly penalties for over-runs.
Clarification.
I setup the hotspot on my iphone, which has both cellular and WiFi network access.
My iPhone, I know will use WiFi for it's internet connections.
A device connects to my iPhone, using the hotspot.
I would hope that my iPhone would use the least expensive network, ie, WiFi, when routing the connected devices requests, rather than forcefully using Cellular, of which I have limited amounts with costly penalties for over-runs.
If you have other wifi available, why is your hotspot on and why are you using it?
Home router has MAC filtering, my iPhone is on the allowed list, the other device is not.
It was easier to simply turn on hotspot than to update home router for a 5 minute connection.
lyallp wrote:
Clarification.
I setup the hotspot on my iphone, which has both cellular and WiFi network access.
My iPhone, I know will use WiFi for it's internet connections.
A device connects to my iPhone, using the hotspot.\
If you have other wifi available, why is your hotspot on and why are you using it?
I would hope that my iPhone would use the least expensive network, ie, WiFi,
It won't.
The hotspot is for connecting devices using wifi or blutooth to the internet using yoru wifi cell data.
It will not work over wifi. By definition hotpsot uses cellular data
Your iPhone does not use the personal hotspot.
The personal hotspot on the iPhone allows you to connect wifi devices to the internet using your cell data on the iPhone.
Does Personal Hotspot use wifi if connected?
