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nal, but most PCs and tablets need a Wi-Fi
connection to get online. Some tablets do have
3G and 4G connectivity, but those cost extra
and aren't that common. As a result, users with
smartphones can usually get online in places
other device users are stuck offline.
By Jasmine D’Katz
This article discusses a technique for using
Before and after a club meeting, your iPhone as a personal hotspot, allowing
I’m always looking for a way to your PC to connect to the Internet. My person-
transport or backup my club al experience relates specifically to the iPhone,
photos and other media on a but similar techniques are applicable to most
portable storage device, but worried about los- other 3G or 4G Android cell phones. I only
ing it and have my data stolen. Lexar has what have an iPhone to play with, and a Windows
I needed. Their USB 3.0 flash drive features a 10 laptop PC to connect, so my experimenta-
built-in fingerprint scanner, preventing unau- tion was limited to these devices.
thorized users from gaining access to stored
data. Lexar claims a registered fingerprint will
allow access in under one second, this mini- On the iPhone
mizes disrupting my work flow. The drive is
capable of storing up to 10-fingerprints ID’s
and employs advance 256-bit AES security. You need to set a Wi-Fi password in order
The speed of the device is up to 150MB per to set up a Personal Hotspot. To create the
second. Wi-Fi password, go to Settings > Cellular >
Personal Hotspot, then tap the Wi-Fi pass-
The drive is available in #@GB, 64GB, 128GB word.
and 256GB and works with Windows and Mac
operating systems. Ideal if you don’t want your Choose a Wi-Fi password that's at least eight
photos or data to end up in the wrong hands. characters long and use ASCII characters.
ASCII characters include all the letters in Eng-
$35.00+
lish, both lowercase and uppercase and the
www.lexar.com digits 0 through 9. Many punctuation marks
are ASCII, but most people avoid them in
passwords.
Kretchmar’s Korner
How to Connect a Laptop PC or a Tablet Turn on Wi-Fi and Personal Hotspot on
to an iPhone Personal Hotspot your iPhone, if it's not on already. You can
do this through Control Center or the Settings
app.
By David Kretchmar, Computer Hardware Technician,
Sun City Summerlin Computer Club, NV
Tap Settings
September 2018 issue, The Gigabyte Gazette
www.scscc.club/ Tap Wi-Fi
tomburt89134 (at) cox.net Now go to Settings > Cellular
Most smart cellphones can connect to the In- (Continued on page 9)
ternet wherever they can find a 3G or 4G sig-
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