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If you have a Wi-Fi–only iPad, you might think you’re stuck if you’re out and about, need to use the Internet, and there’s no Wi-Fi in sight. If you have an iPhone with you, then you can work around this problem by using a nifty feature called Personal Hotspot, which enables you to configure your iPhone as a kind of Internet hub or gateway device — something like the hotspots that are available in coffee shops and other public areas.

You can connect your iPad to your iPhone via Wi-Fi, and your tablet can then use the iPhone cellular Internet connection to get online. This is often called Internet tethering. The downside is that some providers will charge you extra for tethering. This is slowly changing, but read the fine print on your cellular contract to be sure.

Your first step down the Personal Hotspot road is to activate the feature on your iPhone. Here’s how it’s done:

1 Open the Settings app.

2 Tap Personal Hotspot. Your iPhone opens the Personal Hotspot screen.

3 Tap the Allow Others to Join switch to the On position.

4 Tap Wi-Fi Password, enter a password, and then tap Done.

With Personal Hotspot enabled on your iPhone, follow these steps to connect your iPad to it via Wi-Fi:

1 Open the Settings app.

2 Tap Wi-Fi. iPadOS displays the Wi-Fi settings. You can also open the Control Center, long press anywhere in the section that includes the Wi-Fi icon, and then long press the Wi-Fi icon.

3 In the network list, tap the one that has the same name as your iPhone, as shown in Figure 2.4. Your tablet prompts you for the Wi-Fi password.

4 Type the Personal Hotspot Wi-Fi password and then tap Join. In the status bar, your iPad shows the Personal Hotspot icon, which is two interconnected rings, as shown in Figure 2.5.

2.4 To make a Wi-Fi connection to the iPhone hotspot, display the list of wireless networks and then select the network with the same name as your iPhone.

2.5 When your iPad is tethered, it shows the Personal Hotspot icon in the status bar.