Can ANYONE connect a device to the 920 (Internet Sharing)?

[dudedud]

I connected my xbox to mine and played some Battlefield 3 on it

 

[zigzagr63]

Just to test mine I activated my hotspot and my wife connected her tablet to it quickly and easily.

 

[pderosa]

I had a similar issue and found an advanced setting in Windows under the network setting that said Enable FIPS. I did that and it started working.

 

[bilzkh]

Works with my L920 on Rogers.

 

[dkp23]

my surface RT connects right away, what data plan do you have with aTT?

 

[Ant177]

This isn't an issue with what contract people are on, there is an issue with Internet Sharing. It is likely to be OS related since it affects several different handsets (I have seen reports for the 8X and the 920 with personal experience on the 8X).
There is another thread about it here and more importantly a thread on the Microsoft community forum here
I would suggest that people who experience this issue with Windows Phone 8 vote on the topic in the Microsoft Community forum so that it is more visible to Microsoft.

 

[zipro]

Seems to be a Mac thing - after the recent updates I hoped it got fixed but the issue is still present. I can't use internet sharing at all with my MBP. It connects, works for a minute, then disconnects. Then it just keeps on disconnecting every couple of minutes.

I don't need a tethering plan here - and tethering works well with the iPhone 5.

 

[hcbx]

Internet sharing off my Lumia 920 works with various of my devices, including right now my HP Elitebook 8560w

 

[VisceralMonkey]

Lame, att set it so if I try, it starts to activate then checks with them and says I need to call 611 to activate (pay more) for it. I have a 3 gb plan. Pretty ****ty.

 

[Brent920]

I had a similar issue and found an advanced setting in Windows under the network setting that said Enable FIPS. I did that and it started working.

I haven't been able to connect to my Windows 8 laptop at all even though I could connect my Vista & Windows 7 computers first time.

Went to properties > Advanced and turned on FIPS.

Now my Windows 8 laptop connects!!!!!! It's a Windows 8 problem and not the phone!

 

[GSOgymrat]

I have AT&T and I use Internet Sharing with my Surface almost every day for hours at a time. I have never had a problem and when I have 5 bars with LTE it is very fast, faster than most public Wi-Fi hotspots.

 

[jonesychris]

Works with my MacBook Pro, Windows 7 Laptop and iPad here in the states on AT&T.

 

[jarettp]

I'm connected right now via my iPad 2. I did have to reset my network settings though.

 

[Scipio Magnus]

Saw the Title and decided to try it, I am typing this on my laptop connected to the internet from my Lumia 920 and I did a speed test and received decent download speeds.

 

[Scott Cate]

AWESOME - that fixed it for me.

Win8 Users. Click the wifi antenna icon, in your task tray. Then right click the SSID that matches what you setup on your phone. Then click 'Advanced Settings'. On the second tab, turn on FIPS. After I did this, it came to life the next time I connected.

 

[Shobhit Tulsyan]

I am having the same problem connecting my ipad, I am in India having vodafone sim, before lumia I was using it on my hd7 flawlessly, can any one pls help with that..

 

[Alfredo Urquiza]

Hi.

Unfortunately, the FIPS trick doesn't work in the Surface RT. It gives a "the profile requires fips 140-2 mode which is not supported by the network adapter" error....

Any other ideas? My Surface connects with everything with Internet.... except for my Lumia 920...

 

[chsoriano]

I don't have a problem connecting my Surface to my Lumia 920... Could it be a carrier issue?

 

[scubus]

Seems to be a Mac thing - after the recent updates I hoped it got fixed but the issue is still present. I can't use internet sharing at all with my MBP. It connects, works for a minute, then disconnects. Then it just keeps on disconnecting every couple of minutes.

I don't need a tethering plan here - and tethering works well with the iPhone 5.

I tried in vain to connect an iPad. I assumed it might be a contract thing even though I was told I don't need anything extra (AT&T has told me many things over the years)... maybe it is a Mac thing if others are having success.

 

[scubus]

I'm connected right now via my iPad 2. I did have to reset my network settings though.

Reset the phone or the iPad? Thanks.