Wifi hotspot

Dear Joe,

Mobile hotspot cannot be relied for stable connections.

By using it as an hotspot for gaming you might be overheating the device.

Do switch for a wifi or LAN connection.

Happy Gaming

Dear Joe,

Mobile hotspot cannot be relied for stable connections.

By using it as an hotspot for gaming you might be overheating the device.

Do switch for a wifi or LAN connection.

Happy Gaming

This is exactly the problem. Also being off Cell Towers, if there is any bounce between two cell towers it can severely affect the signal causing dropped connection. This could be part of the problem.

Hotspot is the least you want to do if you plan to play online since the signal is very weak always, not recomended!!

Well, your console has to connect to the Hotspot. The Hotspot only provides WiFi, and does not connect to devices itself.

Set up your Hotspot to be visible. If you use a smartphone as Hotspot, be aware that you can NOT use Bluetooth as tethering method. The phone needs to use WiFi to share it's cellular connection.

Some modern phones are able to bridge a WiFi connection, but usually, if you set up a WiFi hotspot on your phone, the connection to WiFi gets disconnected, and the phone connects to the Internet via it's cellular network, and shares that connection via WiFi.

Go to your console's network settings and let it search for WiFi networks. Does your Hotspot SSID (Network Name) show up in the list?

If not, check your phone settings.

If the SSID shows up on the console, connect to it, and provide the Password that the phone provides (or that you set up in your phone for the Hotspot).

Depending on your cellular data plan, it might not be permitted to use Laptops, PCs or consoles via cellular hotspot. In that case contact your phone provider.

Also be aware, that multiplayer through such a hotspot is usually problematic.

Does your wifi work with all other devices other than the Xbox?

If you think there's something wrong with the Wifi card in your console, then you can easily check it by enabling hotspot on your phone, and then use that hotspot as wifi on your console.