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Problem: I would like to configure my A6 AC1200 Wireless MU-MIMO Router to connect to the phone’s hotspot and I think the proxy setting is causing an issue that I don’t know how to resolve.

Router: Hardware Version: V6 Firmware Version: V2 - 210226

Background: I’m temporally in a rural area where only dial-up access is available. So, I’m using an app on my smartphone called NetShare which works by connecting my computer to the smartphone but it requires me to set a proxy in Windows 10 to 192.168.49.1 on port 8282, but MS Outlook will not connect to a server and I would like to share the connection with others. My current download speed is 138 MBPS when connected to the mobile network with the app on 4G.

I was able to get the router to work on the mobile-phone provider’s hotspot but they throttle it. I think the proxy settings are the main differences between the app and provider's hotspot.

Data from ipconf while connect to the smartphone app:

   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.49.251(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.49.1
   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.49.1
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.49.1

Data from netstat while connect to the smartphone app:

  TCP    192.168.49.251:55282   192.168.49.1:8282      ESTABLISHED
  TCP    192.168.49.251:55341   192.168.49.1:8282      TIME_WAIT

Attempted Router Settings:

- Advanced / Network / Lan/ IP Address
              192.168.49.1
- System tools / System Parameters
              Select Enable 5GHZ
              Select Survey
              Select the correct wireless network and enter the password
- Status / Wireless / 5GHZ
              Make sure it shows "Run"
- Network / DHCP Server
              Select Disable (I was not sure about this but I think the app will allow multiple users so it must give ip’s)
- Wireless / Wireless Settings
              Select Smart Connect at the top
             - Network Name (SSID): <Enter a name>
                     Password: <enter a password>
Network / IPTV/VLAN (Enable the ports on the back of the router)
              Enable IPTV/VLAN
              Mode: Bridge
              Lan 1 to 4: Select Internet.

I also attempted to connect the computer to the phone's hotspot and then share the computer's connection with the router but I also could not get that to work.

How can I share the phone’s Internet connection with the router?

Thanks!

Code_Help
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  • Did you find the correct configuration ? – c0der Mar 16 '22 at 17:32
  • No but I can edit the code inside the router. I will work if I want to use the phone's default hotspot that does not use a proxy or root the phone. I received this response from the manufacturer. "I'm afraid you cannot use the A6 to extend the phone hotspot via WDS bridging, since there is no proxy setting on the A6 router. We do provide the open source code for the Archer A6 v2, and you can get it from the TP-Link official website: https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/archer-a6/v2/#GPL-Code – Code_Help Mar 17 '22 at 18:30

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