USB Mobile Broadband Dongles for Laptops – a Real Help for Being Always Online
Want internet on your Windows laptop where Wi-Fi is missing or unreliable? A 4G/5G cellular USB dongle gets the laptop online, and when Wi-Fi is also available, you can use both at the same time for faster downloads and uploads.
Speedify is an app that combines two or more internet connections at once, such as a 4G/5G dongle and Wi-Fi, so you get faster uploads and downloads and stay online if one connection drops out. Here is how to set up your dongle on Windows. If your PC is on Ethernet rather than Wi-Fi, see using Ethernet and a 4G/5G dongle together.
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How to Set Up a 4G/5G Cellular USB Dongle on a Windows Laptop
Step 1: Plug the 4G/5G USB dongle into your laptop.
Connect the dongle to a free USB port. Windows usually sets up the connection automatically. To check, click the network (Wi-Fi) icon at the right end of the taskbar and look for a “Cellular” tile.
If the tile does not appear, run the installer that came with the dongle. Some dongles carry the installer on the device itself: open File Explorer, look under “This PC” for a CD or removable drive, and run the setup program. You may need to restart the laptop afterwards.
Step 2: Connect to the internet through the 4G/5G USB dongle.
If the dongle came with its own connection software, open it and connect. Windows usually shows the dongle as a cellular connection or as an Ethernet connection.
If you can’t connect, check whether Windows installed a cellular adapter. Press Windows key + R, type ncpa.cpl and press Enter to open Network Connections. The 4G/5G USB dongle should be listed there. If it’s not connected, select it and click “Diagnose this connection”.
If the dongle still cannot connect, contact the mobile carrier that provides its SIM card.
Once the dongle is online, Speedify for Windows can use it at the same time as your Wi-Fi or Ethernet. Speedify splits your traffic across both internet connections, so you get faster downloads and uploads, and if one connection drops, your traffic moves to the other without disconnecting you. With the dongle as the only connection, Speedify works as an encrypted VPN and cannot make the dongle faster.
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