How To Use Your Iphone Or iPad As A Wireless Hotspot

The personal hotspot feature on your iOS device can bail you out when a broadband connection isn’t available. Here’s how to set it up.

- Nick Mediati

Back in January, while I was helping our sister site PCWorld with CES coverage, my Internet blinked out. After scurrying around the house in a panic—I was in the middle of a story—my sister came to the rescue with her iPad, which she set up as an Internet hot spot.

Whew.

Setting up a wireless hotspot on your iOS device is a simple process, and it’s useful for more than bailing out freaked out freelance tech journalists. Here’s how to go about it.