Got an old PC tower here could i connect wireless via the O2 PAYG dongle?

By connect I mean use the dongle to connect to the Router.

Or do i need somthing else?

 

Is the O2 PAYG dongle a WiFi device? Thought it was just a 3G modem

 

Hmm dont think so unless your device enables you to search for other devices while connected to the pc. Not to sure though

 

Not to sure tbh, thought as it'a a modem it might be able to link with the router?

Might as well try it tomorrow, might save some ŁŁ lol.

 

loool true

 

To link to the router it would need to be a WiFi device. USB ones of those can be bought for Ł20

 

I'm guessing your O2 "dongle" is a 3G modem - allowing you to plug it into a computer or a laptop and access the internet over the cellular network.

So if you DON'T have internet in your house, then this is what you use it for.

If you want to share this 3G internet access with other devices that only have wifi connectivity (such as a laptop, or a tower PC with built in wifi or a wifi card) then you'll need a special 3G router, such as this one;

http://www.netgear.co.uk/wireless_3g...r_mbr624gu.php

You connect the 3G dongle to the router, and the router shares it's internet connection via wireless. Effectively, the 3G dongle is being used as a modem; all the router is doing is sending out the signal wirelessly to devices using a standard wifi receiver.

If you are saying your tower PC hasn't got wireless connectivity, and you want to use your "dongle" to make it connect, wirelessly, to your current router (and that you have a standard wifi router and home internet connection rigged up) then no. Unless of course your dongle is NOT a 3G modem, and infact is just a USB wifi adapter. Which I'd be surprised if it is, as I've never heard of O2 supplying a wifi adapter.

Can you post a picture of it? Or any info about it so it might be identified?

 

Will try the dongle tomorrow but failing that i'll have to buy one.

Thanks Phil

 

^^ as above said them usb wifi dongles are cheap just when you get one make sure it's the same make as your router

 

Thrush, we have a router. Just as the old PC i have upstairs has no wifi card I thought I might be able to use the O2 Payg dongle as a transmitter to the router if this is possible? It's a 3G one with HSPDA (think i got the letters right)

This is the Dongle...

http://direct.asda.com/O2-Mobile-Bro...efault,pd.html

Could this connect to my Router?

 

No, what you have is a device that allows a computer or laptop to access the internet over the cellular (mobile phone) network. It's basically like having a sim card attached to your computer. It won't connect to your wireless router via wifi.

You need something like this;

http://www.netgear.co.uk/wireless_ne...ter_wg111t.php

 

Thanks for clearing that up, will pick one of those up this week.