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Use Meteor dongle to connect to home wifi?

  • 09-11-2010 12:39AM
    #1
    thomasjad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 342 ✭✭


    Apologies if this is the wrong forum for this, but I was wondering seeings as Meteor broadband to go can connect to Eircom wifi spots can it be reconfigured so that i can use it with an old desktop pc to connect to my home network? Thank you in advance.


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  • #2
    Davy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,301 CMod ✭✭✭✭Davy


    More familiar with dongles here


  • #3
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,461 ✭✭✭✭watty


    thomasjad wrote: »
    Apologies if this is the wrong forum for this, but I was wondering seeings as Meteor broadband to go can connect to Eircom wifi spots can it be reconfigured so that i can use it with an old desktop pc to connect to my home network? Thank you in advance.

    no. The "Meteor broadband to go" can't connect to eircom WiFi. It gives you an account so the separate, nothing to do with Meteor dongle or 3G phone, WiFi in a phone or laptop (if installed/built in) can use eircom hotspots without extra charge.

    A 3G "dongle" is only for GSM/3G Mobile Phone networks. It can't act as a WiFi client radio.

    You need to buy a USB WiFi stick. Though cabled ethernet works far better.


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