Can i tether my ipad

If you find yourself without Wi-Fi access, you may be able to tether your iPad or iPad Mini to your laptop to get on the Internet. To do this, you need an iPad with a cellular service plan and the Personal Hotspot must be a feature available from your carrier.

Any data you send or receive on the laptop through the iPad is secured using WPA2 encryption. Slide the "Cellular" switch to "On," if it's not on already.

Select "Personal Hotspot" when it appears on the screen. Tap the "Personal Hotspot" button to turn this option on. The iPad's Wi-Fi password appears on the screen.

With Family Sharing, you can share your Personal Hotspot with any member of your family automatically or after they ask for approval. See Set up Family Sharing on iPad. When you share a Personal Hotspot from your iPad, it uses cellular data for the internet connection. See View or change your cellular data account. Each device has Bluetooth turned on. Each device has Wi-Fi turned on.

Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. We delete comments that violate our policy , which we encourage you to read. Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion. How to tether your iPad to your phone Save yourself some money and forgo an LTE iPad by using your phone's hotspot feature. Jason Cipriani. March 24, p. Using an iPhone If you know how to select a Wi-Fi network on your iPad, you already know how to turn your iPhone into a hotspot thanks to Instant Hotspot, a feature Apple added with the release of iOS 8.