Surface Mobile Hotspot IP range. The mobile hotspot on my Surface Pro 4 works fine. But the IP address of the Surface is 192.168.137.nnn and seems to be set within Windows. Is there any way of setting which IP address it will use. This thread is locked. You can vote as helpful, but you cannot reply or subscribe to this thread. The purpose of mobile hotspot is to connect computers to internet via mobile data adapter ON THE HOTSPOT. You might as well set the gateway to the IP address of the hotspot each time. It just doesn't make sense to set it to anything else. If you want such network design - don't bother with hotspot program for phones. Go to Settings > Network & internet > Hotspot & tethering. Touch Wi-Fi hotspot and turn it on. When your hotspot is active, you'll see in the status bar. Tip: The first time you turn the hotspot on, is added to quick settings. After that, just swipe the status bar down and touch to turn the hotspot off/on. Define another rule to route the packets coming from 1.2.3.4 at Mobile Data interface to hotspot interface (if the destination IP is within hotspot subnet): ~# ip rule add from 1.2.3.4 iif rmnet_data1 lookup local_network pri 9999 Note that I used here an already existing routing table local_network. You can define your own too. The Mobile HotSpot is on T-Mobile's 4G LTE network. Network signal strength. The device will connect to the internet automatically. The device needs to be connected to the internet manually. The device is connected to the internet. Indicates the number of devices connected to the Mobile HotSpot. Wi-Fi function is disabled. 111 5. 1. That's expected behavior. Other hosts connected to phone hotspot use the phone's IP address as DNS server. DNS queries received are resopved by DNSMASQ running on the phone. But the DNS queries generated locally on the phone don't go through DNSMASQ, but use configured upstream DNS server directly (after checking hosts file). Step 3. Select Mobile Networks and ensure Mobile Data is enabled. Step 4. Select Access Point Names or APN (this may be in your phone’s Advanced options). Step 5. Select Add or the plus "+" sign to add a new APN. Step 6. Enter the following information (ignore the fields that aren't listed here): Name – boostdata. In this video, we will fix windows 10 hotspot which is not sharing the internet. So first of all we h How to fix windows 10 Hotspot not obtaining IP address. Page 45: Overview. By replacing the battery: If pressing and holding the power button for 10 seconds does not restart the Mobile Hotspot, open the battery cover, take out the battery and re-install the battery after 5 seconds. Put the battery cover back and turn on the Mobile Hotspot by pressing the power button. To do this, follow these steps: Right-click on Start and select Device Manager. In Device Manager, expand Network adapters. Right-click on your Wi-Fi driver and choose Update driver. On the next screen, select Search automatically for drivers. After that, wait for the process to finish then restart your computer. C3epkdU.