04-07-2019, 01:42 PM
So if this helps here is a bit more info:
1) When I put in a wireless USB (Panda) then it will connect and WORK to search the internet with my ZTE hotspot no problem.
2) When I put the ZTE's data SIM card into another android phone (an older Samsung) it ALSO works to connect and search the internet.
3) When I put a different carrier's data SIM into the ZTE hotspot it acts the same way as the original ZTE's SIM - it appears to see it, asks for a password. Pulls up my home page, but none of the waiting, handshake, transfer stuff and eventually "server not found".
So it appears that for some reason THIS particular laptop (Dell Inspiron 1720) no longer will connect to the ZTE hotspot even though in the past this was not an issue. From what the youth told me it would also seem that it stopped connecting to whatever phone he was using to hotspot from...
At this point the plan is to try this laptop tomorrow with his phone as a hotspot and if it still doesn't work then try it with the wireless USB and his phone hotspot and if that fails I have another laptop set up for him while I continue to trouble shoot this one
Nonetheless if anyone has any ideas I would love to hear them.
1) When I put in a wireless USB (Panda) then it will connect and WORK to search the internet with my ZTE hotspot no problem.
2) When I put the ZTE's data SIM card into another android phone (an older Samsung) it ALSO works to connect and search the internet.
3) When I put a different carrier's data SIM into the ZTE hotspot it acts the same way as the original ZTE's SIM - it appears to see it, asks for a password. Pulls up my home page, but none of the waiting, handshake, transfer stuff and eventually "server not found".
So it appears that for some reason THIS particular laptop (Dell Inspiron 1720) no longer will connect to the ZTE hotspot even though in the past this was not an issue. From what the youth told me it would also seem that it stopped connecting to whatever phone he was using to hotspot from...
At this point the plan is to try this laptop tomorrow with his phone as a hotspot and if it still doesn't work then try it with the wireless USB and his phone hotspot and if that fails I have another laptop set up for him while I continue to trouble shoot this one
Nonetheless if anyone has any ideas I would love to hear them.