topic Re: Hot spot in Mobile Data

Hot spot

Bernard1936 — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 19:45:38 GMT

My phone hot spot connection will not work with FTP file transfer protocol since EE changed the IPv4 to 6 so they are forcing me to buy a Wi Fi dongle for my work

Re: Hot spot

Chris_B — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 20:07:23 GMT

@Bernard1936 EE have been using IPV6 for quite some time and you’ve now only just started having issues.

Perhaps updating the receiving end to except ipv6 being the newest protocol should be an option looked at.

Re: Hot spot

Bernard1936 — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 20:14:53 GMT

I think you are right Chris but my software is old now and does not have a updates, so it would mean buying or renting photo mechanic which is where the ftp is built into

Re: Hot spot

Bernard1936 — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 20:16:16 GMT

So it would be cheaper to get a Wi Fi dongle as long as I can give it date from my iPhone as I get 150g a month

Re: Hot spot

XRaySpeX — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 20:18:19 GMT

@Bernard1936 :

Take note of current APN settings.
Create new APN.
Populate with noted settings except APN Protocol = IPv4.
Make new APN the Default.

Re: Hot spot

Bernard1936 — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 20:20:57 GMT

I think that is above my head APN settings don’t really know what this is to be honest

Re: Hot spot

Chris_B — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 20:27:16 GMT

@XRaySpeX That’s not possible directly on an iPhone. You don’t have APN access on it.

You can create a custom profile with a Mac and install it on a iPhone. But this is beyond the scope of the average user.

Re: Hot spot

XRaySpeX — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 20:28:42 GMT

They're just settings on your mobile phone. Find them under Connections > Mobile Network > APN.

Re: Hot spot

XRaySpeX — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 20:33:16 GMT

OK, @Chris_B, OP had not said iPhone when I wrote.

Re: Hot spot

Chris_B — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 20:33:10 GMT

@XRaySpeX Not on a iPhone. Android phones you have this option on a iPhone you don’t need it. I can put any network sim in a iPhone and it’ll work with data without charging anything on it and an android device you have to change that APN setting to use data for that network sim

Re: Hot spot

Chris_B — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 20:35:11 GMT

I’ll post this for a giggle ( not sure 🤔 if this is still applicable to iOS 18 )

On a Mac computer, download Apple Configurator from the Mac App Store
In Configurator, go to File > NewProfile (or Command+n)
Fill out the General section, then go to Cellular and select Configure
Under Configured APN Type, select Default and Data APNs
Fill out the necessary data using your carrier's APN settings
Under Data APN Supported IP Versions, select IPv4
Sign and flash the profile to your phone

Re: Hot spot

XRaySpeX — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 20:45:06 GMT

@Chris_B : So can I on Android. You just need to reboot it to populate new APN. I sometimes swap between O2 and EE and never had to set an APN yet but I know where to find it if I need to.

Re: Hot spot

Chris_B — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 21:00:56 GMT

@XRaySpeX Post above your APN settings one.

Re: Hot spot

XRaySpeX — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 21:13:47 GMT

@Chris_B : Yeah, 2 mins. above.