How To Tether Your iPhone With Your Laptop [Mobile RE]

by Bryan McDonald on July 13, 2010

With the release of iOS 4, AT&T finally allows internet tethering on the iPhone. This lets you share your iPhone’s internet connection so you can surf the web wherever you have a cell phone signal. This will definitely be useful for any mobile real estate professionals that need internet access but are not close to a Wi-Fi hotspot.

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How To Tether Your iPhone With Your Laptop in 5 Easy Steps

Step 1:

Upgrade your data plan with AT&T to allow tethering. You can change your plan on their website or with the AT&T iPhone app.

You should know that if you change your plan from the unlimited data plan you will not be able to change back to the unlimited data plan.

Step 2:

Download the latest version of iTunes onto the laptop you want to tether.

Step 3:

Enable tethering on your iPhone.

Go to Settings > General > Network > Internet tethering.

You can tether your iPhone via a USB cable or a bluetooth connection.

Step 4: Plug your iPhone in your computer. You might need to select “iPhone’ from the list of available networks on your computer.

You know you are sharing your iPhone’s internet connection because there will be a blue bar across the top of you iPhone that says, “Internet Tethering”.

Step 5: That is it! Enjoy the internet wherever you have a cell phone signal!

You can view the new pricing plans for the iPhone that includes the ability to tether at ATT.com

You will have to monitor your data usage if you change from the unlimited plan. AT&T will help you by sending you text message and email alerts. You will get an alert after you reach 65%, 90%, and 100% of the threshold. You can also check your data usage by using their free iPhone app.

If you are curious about how much internet surfing you can do with the new data plan, check out our previous post,