Turning off and on the hotspot connection is the first thing you should do when the laptop isn’t connecting to the mobile hotspot. Well, this solution works sometimes but sometimes you need to try some advanced solutions too.
Here you’ll get some quick also advanced solutions for this problem. Sometimes it can be solved within a minute or two, sometimes it can take more time. But you don’t have to panic as I will show you the steps to solve this problem quickly.
Why you need to use Mobile Hotspot
Mobile hotspots come to great help when you’re away from your home and you need an internet connection. It is the most effective way of sharing the internet on your laptop or other devices. Sometimes the Wi-Fi connection can be slow or isn’t connecting to our laptop easily. At that moment, a mobile hotspot can work as an alternative to Wi-Fi.
But sometimes you may face troubleshooting in connecting your laptop to your mobile hotspot. If you make your living by working online, it may seem a great problem for you.
Some quick fixes when your laptop isn’t connecting to a mobile hotspot
I have discussed some common problems that may usually occur in Windows 10 or 11 operating systems. But some solutions won’t be the same for both operating systems. Below I have given some quick solutions to solve this problem easily.
Solution 1 – Turning off the hotspot
First, turn off the hotspot connection from your mobile phone and then try to reconnect it. Sometimes, because of the problem in the hotspot connection, you might face troubleshooting in connecting your Wi-Fi with the laptop.
Solution 2 – Forgetting the connection
Disconnect the connection by forgetting it from the laptop. Click on the rightmost Wi-Fi sign on the laptop. Then right click on the connection and forget the network.
Solution 3 – Restarting both devices
Restart the laptop and the mobile phone from which the hotspot connection is being delivered. Restarting the devices sometimes solves the troubleshooting problems you face. Restarting should be the first step for any tech-related solution.
Solution 4 – Disabling the airplane mode
Sometimes enabling airplane mode might prevent devices from accessing the connection. Try turning off the airplane mode from the laptop and the mobile phone then reconnecting the hotspot.
Solution 5 – Moving the connection closer
If you’ve placed your mobile phone at a distance from the laptop, move the hotspot connection closer to the laptop and try connecting it to the laptop. As hotspot connections aren’t like Wi-Fi connections, it doesn’t have much area coverage.
Solution 6 – Turning off data savers
Turn off the mobile’s battery or data-saving option that delivers the hotspot connection. Sometimes it might block the laptop from accessing the network connection.
Solution 7 – Removing other devices
If your hotspot connection is connected to other devices, remove those devices by changing the password of the hotspot. As a hotspot has a limited amount of coverage, it might block the laptop from accessing the network connection.
Solution 8 – Turning off wi-fi
If the laptop is connected to a hotspot through the USB connection, turn off the WI-FI connection in the laptop. The Wi-Fi connection in your laptop might disable the hotspot connection sometimes.
Solution 9 – Updating both devices
Update both the laptop and the mobile from which the hotspot is connected. There can be bugs or other issues in the backdated software. Updating them can remove bugs and fix hotspot-related issues.
Solution 10 – Ensuring data usage limit
Check your data connection if it hasn’t reached its data usage limit. As you are sharing data from the mobile, if data usage has reached its limit your data connection will be automatically disabled. So, the hotspot won’t connect to the laptop.
Some More Advanced Fixes
Solution 1 – Updating the network driver
Update the network driver from the laptop. Just follow the below steps to update the driver.
- First search “Device Manager” from your laptop’s search panel.
- Then click on the “Network Adapters”, after that right click on it and go to the “Update Driver” option.
- After updating the driver, restart the laptop. Now check if the hotspot is connecting to the laptop.
Solution 2 – Run the troubleshooter
Run a troubleshooter to check the network-related problems.
- Search “Troubleshoot Settings” from the laptop’s search bar.
- Then select “Other troubleshooters”.
- After that, you’ll find a list of troubleshooters.
- From “Others”, select “Network Adapter” and on the right side of it click on “Run”.
- The laptop will then detect possible network-related problems and will check them.
Solution 3 – Check registry issues
Check the registry of the laptop to detect the issues. Sometimes, the registry can create problems as when some entries are changed there it may affect other operations on the laptop. To check the registry follow the below steps:
- Type “Regedit” or “Registry Editor” from your laptop’s search panel. Click “YES” to allow the program to make changes to the laptop.
Now keep selecting these below paths as directed here.
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE>SYSTEM>CurrentContolSet>Services>WlanSvc>Parameters>HostedNetworkSettings
- Now right-click on HostedNetworkSettings and then delete it.
Verdict
If you’re facing issues in connecting your mobile hotspot to the laptop, try the above fixes to fix the problem. These fixes are for the laptops running Windows 10 and 11 operating systems.
But if you are still unable to fix the problem, go to your trustable technician.