# How to connect to a cellular hotspot.

When you need to connect to your cellphone's hotspot.

### **To connect to the hotspot:**

1. Set up the hotspot on your cellular device. Follow your device's guide and make sure you confirm with your cellular provider that your plan allows for hotspots.
    
    
    1. [Share a mobile connection by hotspot or tethering on Android](https://support.google.com/android/answer/9059108?hl=en)
    2. [How to set up a Personal Hotspot on your iPhone or iPad](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204023)
2. On your laptop, select the option to connect to Wi-Fi.
3. Locate your hotspot's name in the Wi-Fi list.
4. Connect to your hotspot like you would any Wi-Fi connection.

#### NOTE:

The **Mobile Hotspot** <span class="confluence-embedded-file-wrapper confluence-embedded-manual-size"> [![mobile hotspot.png](https://docs.northshorecollege.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/scaled-1680-/jvjOSTTqgxSlreHM-mobile-hotspot.png)](https://docs.northshorecollege.edu/uploads/images/gallery/2022-11/jvjOSTTqgxSlreHM-mobile-hotspot.png)</span>option in Window's Network &amp; Internet setting is **NOT** use to connect to your cellular hotspot. This is used to turn your laptop into a hotspot. College laptops do not allow this option and are correctly blocked.