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USB to PC internet sharing via Wi-Fi

You can share a 3G network to a laptop via an HTC Touch Pro2 but, near as I can tell, you can't share a Wi-Fi connection? ie. if my laptop doesn't, itself, have a Wi-Fi connection, can I use my cellphone's Wi-Fi connectivity to connect to a Wi-Fi network?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=630337
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orb3000 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=630337
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I think that he's wanting to use the phone as a wifi adapter (i.e. wireless NIC) for his laptop, rather than using the phone as a wifi router. In other words...his laptop does't have built-in wifi at all, so he wants to use his phone to accomplish that rather than an external USB stick, card, etc. I've been curious for a while if that's even possible, but haven't come across any methods yet...

sirphunkee said:
I think that he's wanting to use the phone as a wifi adapter (i.e. wireless NIC) for his laptop, rather than using the phone as a wifi router. In other words...his laptop does't have built-in wifi at all, so he wants to use his phone to accomplish that rather than an external USB stick, card, etc. I've been curious for a while if that's even possible, but haven't come across any methods yet...
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That's exactly it. Most places I go to have ethernet cables I can plug into but, from time to time, I find myself at a place that just has 802.11b/g access points. Rather than carry a PCMCIA wireless adapter around with me so that I might use it once every blue moon, I'd just assume use something I already have on me - my cellphone - as a wireless adapter.
Alternatively, if I, at a future date, got a laptop with a built in wireless adapter, it'd still be nice to be able to have two wireless adapters. ie. maybe the 802.11g network I'm connecting to uses WPA and I'm trying to connect with a Nintendo DS that only supports WEP networks. I could, in theory, use my cell phone as an adapter to the WPA network and turn my laptop into a WEP access point.
I'd say there are several use cases for being able to use a cellphone as an adapter to an 802.11g network, although I will grant that they're probably fairly niche use cases.

I am also interested in this as it would allow me to use my laptop for free internet at places like starbucks where my Tilt 2 gets to connect for free.
Internet>>> ATT Wifi >>> Tilt 2 >>>> Laptop

I too would love this functionality. If anyone knows of an app/registry hack/whatever that enables this, please post the details here.

shdwphnx said:
I too would love this functionality. If anyone knows of an app/registry hack/whatever that enables this, please post the details here.
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WMWifiRouter (not free) has this functionality. Along with the standard features like cellular to WiFi and cellular to USB, WMWifiRouter also does more exotic connections like WiFi to USB. It's €15, but it's an application with a lot of functionality and the developer who created it is a very highly respected XDA member, who provides many of his other products for free.

DaveTheTytnIIGuy said:
WMWifiRouter (not free) has this functionality. Along with the standard features like cellular to WiFi and cellular to USB, WMWifiRouter also does more exotic connections like WiFi to USB. It's €15, but it's an application with a lot of functionality and the developer who created it is a very highly respected XDA member, who provides many of his other products for free.
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Awesome, thanks Dave. I'd been thinking about buying it anyway in place of the (very basic) free wifi router app I found on here too, and now it sounds like a no-brainer

Just did it
I just did this very setup earlier with my HTC Tilt 2. I had the phone connected to my Wi-Fi network, and turned off my Wi-Fi on my laptop. Connected the phone to the laptop using the USB cable, and selected "Use as modem" and it was an automatic process...i'm running Windows 7 on my laptop..if that helps..it just worked.

Mobile Wi-Fi router stopped working

So I've been using the Tom coding package that installs the mobile Wi-Fi router with no problems until last night... now it keeps trying to connect to ISP.Cingular and then stops... it basically doesn't work now. I've tried to uninstall and reinstalled it dozens of times with no luck.
And yet... the 3G connection works because I can browse through Opera. So...?

OhI might add that I can turn on the Wi-Fi and connect to my in-house router just fine and do what on the internet through the phone. SO... it is definitely something specific with wireless internet sharing.
???
Someone please he me I use internet sharing DAILY

You need to make sure that it is connecting to the correct address. At the bottom of the App, it should have a few different choices of connections to use. Try another one and see if it works. You may have to set up a new connections for this to work properly. Keep in mind that tethering/mobile hotspot is not covered by AT&T's wireless data plan. It is a separate monthly charge. You should be careful when using it too much at a time, so they don't block or throttle your connection.

The device I am trying to connect with to my Tilt 2 is a Samsung Galaxy Tab, and apparently it doesn't like ad-hoc, whatever that is exactly. I was told on the Galaxy Tab section of this forum that this is the case, and that I need some kind of "mobile ap", although again I do not understand what that exactly means. ???

Ah, see that's much better information. So, no, you probably won't be able to connect without another app doing so. Ad-hoc is, simply put, a connection to another device other than a router which is allowing you access to its Internet connection. If the device you're trying to connect with doesn't allow ad-hoc connections, then the Wifi Router app won't do you any good, as that is the type of connection it uses. Most mobile devices do not natively support this, however. The problem, therefore, is with the Galaxy Tab you have, not with the TP2. Find an app or mod that allows for ad-hoc connections and you'll be all set.

Well is there an apparently for the WM phone side of things that will do non ad-hoc??

No. Ad-hoc is a connection between two devices. Unless you use a router, that's how it's going to be no matter if you are using WM, a laptop, iOS, Android, et cetera. The connection type is determined by the device sending the signal. If it comes from a device, then it is ad-hoc. It is not a problem with the software. That is how wifi was designed to work in the first place. The problem, again, is with the Tab, not the WM application.

Well apparently there is a solution for the Tab that allows it to see ad-hoc networks, so I will try that and let you guys know how it went.

Can no longer connect to Ad-Hoc with Tilt 2
I have been using both the CM Internet Sharing program and the WMWifiRouter with no issues for over a year now on my AT&T Tilt 2.
One day a couple weeks ago I had been using CM to connect my laptop to the internet. everything was just fine as usual.
At some point, I had disconnected and tried to reconnect, and since then I can no longer use either of these programs.
What happens is this...I turn them on and the phone will no longer hold a connection to the ad-hoc network that is created. Up in the status bar I see the icon showing WiFi trying to connect but it will not stick anymore.
I can connect to my office and/or home wifi router still. It just will not connect to the ad-hoc network any longer.
This makes no sense to me at all, since it has always worked and was even working earlier in the day when it stopped working.
I use the tethering frequently and really need to get this solved. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Q] Confirm Ad-hoc support?

Can anyone confirm Ad-hoc support? I know Honeycomb supports ad-hoc connections right out of the box (well at least I know the TF tablet does) so I was hoping that ICS supports connecting to an ad-hoc wifi connection. I'm not talking about tethering a device to the GN, I'm talking about reverse tethering. At work it's a cell black hole. Doesn't matter what provider you have, the signal is crap. I have Cyanogen on my OG Droid and it allows me to connect to the ad-hoc wifi connection I've set up on my laptop to give the droid some form of data connection while I'm at work.
I still want the phone regardless of whether or not it supports ad-hoc as I'm sure in due time it'll be easy enough to implement with a custom rom. It would just be nice to know if it'll support it when ever Verizon gets around to releasing it.

i ve flashed my SGS i9000 with ICS port rom , and i ve notice that there are no ad-joc support, thats really a big pity , i ve tried to find an application in the market to allow me to connect via ad-hoc networks , but i found nothing ... i hope there will be solousion soon time

Yeah, from what it looks like in the bug tracker, I believe the only reason why the Asus TF has Ad-Hoc support is because Asus enabled it themselves, not Google. I wish Google would take their heads out of their you know where and make this simple change. It's not like they need to research how to fix it since all the research has already been done.

Can't answer your question, but if you're running Windows 7, have you tried Connectify to make your laptop a hotspot? It's free and I hear it works pretty well.
Also, maybe there is a ROM out there that support the Bluetooth PAN profile (Android 2.3 doesn't, maybe ICS already does?), so you can just connect the phone to your laptop using that link, no wifi needed, less battery usage since it's bluetooth, and I believe that's what the PAN profile is intended to be used for anyway.

not working here
i tried editing tiwlan but did not find that config file
haven't found any other tutorials concerning adhoc on Android 4.0
btw it is issue number 82 on Android - An Open Handset Alliance Project (not allowed to post outside links for me)

Updated my phone to Android 4.0.2 and still no ad-hoc...
Is there an application that can do it?

BinaryTB said:
Can't answer your question, but if you're running Windows 7, have you tried Connectify to make your laptop a hotspot? It's free and I hear it works pretty well.
Also, maybe there is a ROM out there that support the Bluetooth PAN profile (Android 2.3 doesn't, maybe ICS already does?), so you can just connect the phone to your laptop using that link, no wifi needed, less battery usage since it's bluetooth, and I believe that's what the PAN profile is intended to be used for anyway.
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I wish we had Win 7 at work. Sadly we're still running XP so connectify is a no go. I've also heard it works pretty well but sadly I can't even test it out.
I haven't tried Bluetooth PAN yet with the GN but I believe the bluetooth stack on my laptop is also crippled. I tried doing the same with my tablet (which I know allows bluetooth PAN) and the laptop wouldn't setup a proper PAN. Seems like we're SOL regarding Ad-hoc until someone releases a hack for it or a ROM comes out.

Any progress?
I've got the same problem... Poor reception at work, and running XP.
(Although, I've also got a Linux machine, and tried sticking an USB wifi adapter in it, but the stock driver doesn't support Master Mode on it. Maybe I should just get myself a new USB wifi adapter that's properly supported by Linux? Any recommendations?)

Popup-ch said:
Any progress?
I've got the same problem... Poor reception at work, and running XP.
(Although, I've also got a Linux machine, and tried sticking an USB wifi adapter in it, but the stock driver doesn't support Master Mode on it. Maybe I should just get myself a new USB wifi adapter that's properly supported by Linux? Any recommendations?)
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I haven't heard of anything yet. It doesn't look like any of the ROMs have it yet either.
I'm kinda lucky though, I was recently transferred in my company and I'm now located in a building where I get a decent 4G signal all day. Also my new laptop is Win 7. I did play around with connectify a bit. It works but not extremely well for me. I wind up losing connection quite often. I did read though that it's possibly something to do with AV or Firewall, and knowing my company, that's probably it.

Popup-ch said:
Any progress?
I've got the same problem... Poor reception at work, and running XP.
(Although, I've also got a Linux machine, and tried sticking an USB wifi adapter in it, but the stock driver doesn't support Master Mode on it. Maybe I should just get myself a new USB wifi adapter that's properly supported by Linux? Any recommendations?)
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I have Winxp at work also on my laptop and connectify works with my Asus transformer. But for the galaxy nexus it doesn't recognize the adhoc network during wifi scan. Need a new supplicant file installed.

try this http://virtualrouter.codeplex.com/releases/view/36035

Bt Home Hub 2 Problems

Hey
I've got some severe wifi problems with the BT infinity Home Hub 2.0:
1. Sometimes I cannot connect to the hub and the phone cannot get passed "obtaining ip address"
2. On rare occasions I can connect to the hub but no data is transferred and to make matters worse it takes down the wifi network for others (Other devices remain connected but no data is transferred) To get things working again I have to reset the hub!
If I try connecting to BT Fon or BT Openzone on my network the same problems occur. (Other BT broadband users will understand what I'm talking about there)
What I've tried to fix the issues:
I've tried setting a manual ip address with no luck
I've tried a full reset of the hub
Changed the wifi channel of the hub
Turned on best performance in wifi settings on the One X
I've tried a variety of roms and am currently on Viper
I experience these issues when connecting to other BT Home Hubs and other random hotspots. But at the same time I have no issues issues connecting to other wifi hotspots such as hotel ones and public hotspots.
At the moment at home I've got an old voyager 2100 bridged to the hub and I can connect through that with no problems, but as you can understand I don't really want two routers running at the same time when it shouldn't be necessary.
If anybody has any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks :cyclops:

Working perfect on my HH2. I say perfect, but as well as the HH2 will work, you'll get what I mean.

blackalice said:
Working perfect on my HH2. I say perfect, but as well as the HH2 will work, you'll get what I mean.
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Looks like my phone is in need of repairing..

chattyuk said:
Looks like my phone is in need of repairing..
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Just noticed you have the infinity version, which I assume is totally different.
Sorry about that!
(however, I'm stuck on sub 8mb (2mb, ish) in the country, I'd put up with dodgy wifi for your connection )

blackalice said:
Just noticed you have the infinity version, which I assume is totally different.
Sorry about that!
(however, I'm stuck on sub 8mb (2mb, ish) in the country, I'd put up with dodgy wifi for your connection )
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It's pretty much identical but I've had the same issues on other normal home hub 2s

I had the same problem whereby every time my One X connected to my Home Hub, it would cause the network to become unresponsive for all connected devices! I eventually found that changing my hub settings from 802.11 b/g/n to just 802.11 b/g did the trick.
Go here: 192.168.1.254
then: Settings --> Advanced Settings --> Wireless --> Wireless interface type.

apwb said:
I had the same problem whereby every time my One X connected to my Home Hub, it would cause the network to become unresponsive for all connected devices! I eventually found that changing my hub settings from 802.11 b/g/n to just 802.11 b/g did the trick.
Go here: 192.168.1.254
then: Settings --> Advanced Settings --> Wireless --> Wireless interface type.
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Thanks! I'll give this a go when I get home, I wonder what the underlining issue is here that's causing all of these problems

i don't think its the phone, id blame the router, mine does similar sometimes, works after a reboot of the router though

Hi,
I encountered this issue just recently. I have a Galaxy S3 and a HomeHub2 with Infinity. I tried setting a manual IP address, rebooting router and phone, changing wifi channel etc, but none of that worked. I later noticed that the dhcp table on the router was full of expired leases for the same device. I clicked the "refresh" button on the HH2's dhcp page and it refreshed showing a list of different mac address - weird - but this time showng them with an "andriod" prefix. I manually deleted a few of the expired entries - one at a time (pita) and that seemed to fix it, i.e. I was able to reconnect and get an IP address assigned on my S3 again. I've since selected the option to "always use this ip address" on the dhcp table entry details page (just click one of the items in the list to view). I guess there must be a bug/conflict/glitch between andriod and the hh2's dhcp service which perhaps prevents expired ip address assignments from being dropped and reused. I have a few other devices that are wireless and use dhcp (ps3, iphones, ipad, ipod touch, wii, samsung smart tv, wifi printer, microwave, fridge... ok i'm kidding about those last two , and none of those have multiple expired sessions.
Hope this helps someone get round the problem.
Jeremy
PS: Great noob vid.

Funny this is here. I had this exact issue its frikking irritating. I went through the hassle of unlocking the hub to work on talk talk...I had my nexus then and it flew..I know the nexus is like that though lol. So got the x was a nightmare on WiFi.coverage wise also in the kitchen..it went below a bar. So changed to b and g only. Works okay but still is slow ans doesn't do well. Annoying seeing the hub is capable of n
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chattyuk said:
Hey
I've got some severe wifi problems with the BT infinity Home Hub 2.0:
1. Sometimes I cannot connect to the hub and the phone cannot get passed "obtaining ip address"
2. On rare occasions I can connect to the hub but no data is transferred and to make matters worse it takes down the wifi network for others (Other devices remain connected but no data is transferred) To get things working again I have to reset the hub!
If I try connecting to BT Fon or BT Openzone on my network the same problems occur. (Other BT broadband users will understand what I'm talking about there)
What I've tried to fix the issues:
I've tried setting a manual ip address with no luck
I've tried a full reset of the hub
Changed the wifi channel of the hub
Turned on best performance in wifi settings on the One X
I've tried a variety of roms and am currently on Viper
I experience these issues when connecting to other BT Home Hubs and other random hotspots. But at the same time I have no issues issues connecting to other wifi hotspots such as hotel ones and public hotspots.
At the moment at home I've got an old voyager 2100 bridged to the hub and I can connect through that with no problems, but as you can understand I don't really want two routers running at the same time when it shouldn't be necessary.
If anybody has any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks :cyclops:
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Turn off 802.11n - That is the problem with the Home Hub 2.0. It's buggy as f00k.
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Yeah after I wrote this plugged my old Thomson in..all sweet again now just need a new n router again
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I'm having the exact same problem but with the homehub 3, I was convinced it was a faulty router and have been pestering bt for a new one. I realized it was the phone whenever the same problem happened at the father in laws house (he has a hh3 also). I have been using cyanogenmod for a a few months and this prob only occoured when I started using mike1986's Rom... Maybe someone should tell him

I'm having issues with my One X and my HH3 , it's only started since i went to jellybean. It was fine before now when my HOX is conneced to the router all wireless devices (Ipad and laptops-win7/ubuntu) will drop out and back in of connection. Sometimes the router will drop it's broadband connection then come straight back up.
It's driving me mad.

Any way to change the 5ghz hotspot channel?

I have an old laptop that is capable of 5ghz (i use 5ghz on my home router all the time) but I can not see the the 5ghz hotspot on my mi10t pro, I have the same issue with the 5ghz hotspot setting on my galaxy note 9. I had assumed the 5ghz of the samsung was not enabled, for 2 years I have assumed this and used usb tethering lol.
So when I tried to tether to my M10t pro 5ghz and could not I realised something was more up here.
When I run "Netsh WLAN show drivers" on my laptop I see 5ghz is supported: Radio types supported : 802.11b 802.11a 802.11g 802.11n
(the fact I can connect to my 5ghz wifi at home also confirms that)
My next guess is that the network is not allowing me to use 5ghz hotspot on my phone ( note9 is on virgin, m10t is on vodafone, i am in the middle of switching providers) so I ran a test, I turned the 5ghz hot spot on my m10t pro on, then connected to it with my note 9, connection was fast and the speed was insane for wireless tethering (70mb down 10 up) the same as i get from usb tethering. So I know the phone is giving a 5ghz hotspot that works.
So why can it not see the wifi hotspot of the m10t pro or note 9? The only assumption is that the 5ghz hotspot on android is at a channel my aging laptop can not see...but how do you change the channel? no option for it in hotspot settings..... is it even possible?

Hmm your laptop is the culprit here I think. Samsung DID mess up 5ghz wifi AP on Note 10+ and S10/S10+ phones. The AP just would not show. It took several system updates for Samsung to get it fixed. But the Note 9 never suffered from this issue and it should have always worked. I am not sure where the issue lies exactly. Check the laptop network adapters settings in Device Manager on Windows, mess around there, see if the Mi 10T/N9 hotspot pops up. If no dice, check if the wifi chip is only capable of certain MHz or bands or whatever. Something is there. It's not the phone I think.

h8Aramex said:
Hmm your laptop is the culprit here I think. Samsung DID mess up 5ghz wifi AP on Note 10+ and S10/S10+ phones. The AP just would not show. It took several system updates for Samsung to get it fixed. But the Note 9 never suffered from this issue and it should have always worked. I am not sure where the issue lies exactly. Check the laptop network adapters settings in Device Manager on Windows, mess around there, see if the Mi 10T/N9 hotspot pops up. If no dice, check if the wifi chip is only capable of certain MHz or bands or whatever. Something is there. It's not the phone I think.
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Given that my note 9 can connect to my m10t then i do agree my laptop must be limited (I have messed about with settings, drivers, device properties and all sorts) since the laptop DOES connect to the 5ghz of my router I am assuming that the 5ghz hotspot on the note9 and m10t is on a channel that (band?) that the laptop can not see, but i do not see any way to change it like you can on a router.
The other option I am thinking on is buying a usb wifi dongle from amazon.co.uk but not sure which would actually connect to the phone and budget is not good at mo....
its a nightmare as i really cant understand why the laptop can connect to 5g on the router but cant even see 5g from the phone.
laptop is an asus Aspire V3-571G with a Qualcomm Atheros AR5BWB222 wifi chip. not sure if that helps any advice. I currently have tried the 2014 official asus drivers and the 2017 qualcomm atheros site drivers.

Yeah, a quick search throws up many complaints. You have three options.
1) Get the USB dongle as you said. They are super cheap usually, and you can return within 14 days anyway.
2) Use a thing like this. Though then you need a small ethernet cable from this to laptop, not too comfy: https://www.tp-link.com/us/home-networking/wifi-router/tl-wr902ac/v1/
3) Get a new chip for the laptop. Some laptops only accept pre-certified chips so you do have to look around. Still, wifi chips on ebay are super cheap. They basically just come out and you can put in a new one. This is also a route.

h8Aramex said:
Yeah, a quick search throws up many complaints. You have three options.
1) Get the USB dongle as you said. They are super cheap usually, and you can return within 14 days anyway.
2) Use a thing like this. Though then you need a small ethernet cable from this to laptop, not too comfy: https://www.tp-link.com/us/home-networking/wifi-router/tl-wr902ac/v1/
3) Get a new chip for the laptop. Some laptops only accept pre-certified chips so you do have to look around. Still, wifi chips on ebay are super cheap. They basically just come out and you can put in a new one. This is also a route.
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1) this seems the most likely route, just being sure to get one that will actually work with the 5ghz channel my mi 10t pro actually broadcasts at and can make use of the 5g phone speeds when they are activated in a couple of weeks. May look at ebuyer, more expensive but less resellers.
2) prefer to use my phone as the router, I am a security guard so tethering is a godsend in my profession, but less devices to carry the better
3) I did not know that was even a thing! falls foul of the issues with 1 but would be more convient once installed

I will pick up a Mi 10T Pro on Monday, if you can wait until then, I can check.
Until then, can you check my threads about the phone?
I'd really appreciate it.
No-root needed: https://forum.xda-developers.com/xiaomi-mi-10t/help/mi-10t-10t-pro-gps-test-t4187097
If you are rooted: https://forum.xda-developers.com/xiaomi-mi-10t/help/root-call-record-skvalex-t4187027

h8Aramex said:
I will pick up a Mi 10T Pro on Monday, if you can wait until then, I can check.
Until then, can you check my threads about the phone?
I'd really appreciate it.
No-root needed: https://forum.xda-developers.com/xiaomi-mi-10t/help/mi-10t-10t-pro-gps-test-t4187097
If you are rooted: https://forum.xda-developers.com/xiaomi-mi-10t/help/root-call-record-skvalex-t4187027
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I am in zero rush, for 2 years I have used usb tether believing my note 9 to be the issue lol
I have posted an image from the two apps on the no-root list (I dont plan to root as it never goes well with mobile banking)

Hi,
I know this post's quite old, but I've found a solution.
I've got a Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377, and encountered the same problem as the author of this thread.
I found on another forum, that it's possible to connect to any channel on the 5ghz, by changing the regional domain of the wifi card.
Unfortunately, in the advanced tab of this card, the option's missing, but can be enabled by adding entries to the registry.
As you can see on the picture attached, I've chosen Asia, though I live in Europe.
I can now connect to the 5ghz no matter the channel.
You may have to edit the registry file to assign correct device number to the registry branch mine is 0002 in bold character below ; here are the keys added to the registry:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Class\\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}\\0002\\NDI\\params\\ccode] "ParamDesc"="Regional Domain" "Base"="10" "default"="US" "type"="enum" @="GB"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Class\\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}\\0002\\NDI\\params\\ccode\\enum] "DZ"="Africa" "CN"="Asia" "AU"="Australia" "CA"="Canada" "GB"="Europe" "FR"="France" "IL"="Israel" "JP"="Japan" "MX"="Mexico" "BR"="Sourth America" "US"="United States"
Hope this works for you too
NB: my system Windows 10 21h2 x64

NicoLastr said:
Hi,
I know this post's quite old, but I've found a solution.
I've got a Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377, and encountered the same problem as the author of this thread.
I found on another forum, that it's possible to connect to any channel on the 5ghz, by changing the regional domain of the wifi card.
Unfortunately, in the advanced tab of this card, the option's missing, but can be enabled by adding entries to the registry.
As you can see on the picture attached, I've chosen Asia, though I live in Europe.
I can now connect to the 5ghz no matter the channel.
You may have to edit the registry file to assign correct device number to the registry branch mine is 0002 in bold character below ; here are the keys added to the registry:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Class\\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}\\0002\\NDI\\params\\ccode] "ParamDesc"="Regional Domain" "Base"="10" "default"="US" "type"="enum" @="GB"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Class\\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}\\0002\\NDI\\params\\ccode\\enum] "DZ"="Africa" "CN"="Asia" "AU"="Australia" "CA"="Canada" "GB"="Europe" "FR"="France" "IL"="Israel" "JP"="Japan" "MX"="Mexico" "BR"="Sourth America" "US"="United States"
Hope this works for you too
NB: my system Windows 10 21h2 x64
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Hello Sir, You just saved the planet. I was thinking about buying a new wifi dongle. Your solution works perfectly with a qca61x4a chip.

jmnum said:
Hello Sir, You just saved the planet. I was thinking about buying a new wifi dongle. Your solution works perfectly with a qca61x4a chip.
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Could you teach me to edit it, I tried editing a few times, didn't work at all, I haven't seen the option on my advanced page

NicoLastr said:
Hi,
I know this post's quite old, but I've found a solution.
I've got a Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377, and encountered the same problem as the author of this thread.
I found on another forum, that it's possible to connect to any channel on the 5ghz, by changing the regional domain of the wifi card.
Unfortunately, in the advanced tab of this card, the option's missing, but can be enabled by adding entries to the registry.
As you can see on the picture attached, I've chosen Asia, though I live in Europe.
I can now connect to the 5ghz no matter the channel.
You may have to edit the registry file to assign correct device number to the registry branch mine is 0002 in bold character below ; here are the keys added to the registry:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Class\\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}\\0002\\NDI\\params\\ccode] "ParamDesc"="Regional Domain" "Base"="10" "default"="US" "type"="enum" @="GB"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Class\\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002bE10318}\\0002\\NDI\\params\\ccode\\enum] "DZ"="Africa" "CN"="Asia" "AU"="Australia" "CA"="Canada" "GB"="Europe" "FR"="France" "IL"="Israel" "JP"="Japan" "MX"="Mexico" "BR"="Sourth America" "US"="United States"
Hope this works for you too
NB: my system Windows 10 21h2 x64
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Could you teach me to edit it, I tried editing a few times, didn't work at all, I haven't seen the option on my advanced page

MichaelChencc said:
Could you teach me to edit it, I tried editing a few times, didn't work at all, I haven't seen the option on my advanced page
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Be sure to find your QualComm adapter in the registry (0003 in my case, was 0002 for NicoLastr):
Update the code fromNicoLastr with the right number and save it in a .reg file. Click on it to import it.
In the registry, you should now see something like this :
Maybe also check that your driver is not too old.

Turn off WiFi hotspot, then change the phone region to UK or something than switch back to original region you used before. After that turn on WiFi hotspot and it will use channel 100 again.
(Xiaomi Mi10T Pro Global)