Use broadband on Mobile to PC

We were using mobile phones as modems in early days to connect to internet. But it is very easy nowadays with smart phones such as iPhone, Android Phones (eg: Galaxy S4, Galaxy SIII, Galaxy Note II, HTC One, Sony Xperia etc).

Connect Android phone to PC
Android phones can be connected to PC via cable and wireless. To use cable connection, just plug in the USB cable to PC from mobile phone, go to settings on Android phone > Wireless & Networks > Tethering & Portable Hotspot and enable USB Tethering. Then it will create a connection to PC just like a LAN connection and you can use browse internet on your PC without any additional drivers. This would be more reliable and much useful when the PC doesn't have any wireless interface. Moreover when connecting through cable, the phone will be charged at the same time.

To connect via wireless, go to Settings > Wireless & Networks > Tethering & Portable hotspot  and enable Portable Wi-Fi hotspot. Then go to Portable Wi-Fi hotspot settings > Configure portable Wi-Fi hotspot > Configure Wi-Fi hotspot and set SSID name and always better to set the security so that only authorized users can connect. To set security, select security as WPA2 PSK and set a password. Then enable Wi-Fi on your PC, search for available wireless networks, select the name of the hotspot, which you set as SSID on the android phone, click connect, enter the password and connect. It will be same as normal wireless hotspot.

Connect iPhone to PC
It is not straight forward to connect iPhone to PC via cable, however it is easy to setup personal hotspot on the iphone, set password and connect the PC to the hotspot (almost same as android phones).

Stream videos from PC to TV

How to stream videos on PC to TV via WiFi or LAN connection?

There are several media servers available for free and which can run even on Windows XP, Vista, 7 or 8 computers. One of the most best media server is PS3 media server. Samsung has its own server called All Share. All of these servers will help to stream the videos on computer to smart TVs

Broadband Speed Test

Everybody nowadays use broadband in daily use either via cable or wireless. ADSL, ADSL2+, VDSL etc are the most common technologies used in cable broadband and WiMAX, HSPA/HSDPA are the most common wireless broadband technologies.

In practical life, we won't be getting the speed as they advertised because of various reasons. Some of the reasons, on which the speed of website(s) depends, are,

• Broadband Technology and Speed
• Distance from the exchange/base station
• Number of users sharing the exchange/base station and broadband connection
• Performance of Computer, tablet or mobile phone
• Browser used
• Hosted server of website and its location

There are several ways to test the real speed of broadband. It can be tested using online tools  and software for computers and smart phones. 

One of the best online tool for broadband speed test is available at SpeedTest.net. The same tool is available for smart phones such as iOS (available at appstore) and Android (available at Android market).

One of the free tool to test the broadband speed on the computer is Networx. It is totally free and can be downloaded free at the following link.

http://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/

This tool provides the statistics of the broadband usage as well.This tool will help to measure the broadband quota used by the computer. 

There are many other tools too available for broadband speed test and quota measurement.