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I have a windows 7.5 phone with which I would like to share internet with through wifi. The problem is that windows phone does not support adhoc connections and hence I cannot simply share internet with it. Anyone has any ideas/solutions?

Digvijay

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We need more details. What does the windows phone support? – Mahesh May 18 '12 at 4:44
Hey. It supports connecting to the wireless access points and AFAIK it supports vpn. – digvijay91 May 18 '12 at 4:48
@digvijay91 Please keep your question in one thread. Delete duplicates - askubuntu.com/questions/138733/… – Web-E May 18 '12 at 7:03

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For running your laptop as an access point, this is only possible if your wireless adapter supports going into the master mode. If it does not support this, you're totally out of luck.

How to test master mode and configure access point

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/MasterMode

Helpful threads to setup wireless access point

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessAccessPoint

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=376283

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1663788

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