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Discussion topic: Wanting to use a separate Sky sim for a hot spot on my Sky Q box

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This message was authored by: jackiebarley

Wanting to use a separate Sky sim for a hot spot on my Sky Q box

I have been let down by a Vodafone Gigacube (mobile broadband)  I have used my Sky mobile to tether to my computer as a WiFi hot spot and it works well. So I tried to get my Sky Q box to use this hot spot. I did as suggested by other users and I did manage to turn the hot spot on but then got the message for other networks. Enter the name (SSID) of your network and Security  , , it shows all the WPA types and then none.

I did see the hot spot on/off and turned it to on but I do not see my iPhone which is a Sky mobile with a Sky/O2 sim

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This message was authored by: TimmyBGood

Re: Wanting to use a separate Sky sim for a hot spot on my Sky Q box

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@jackiebarley wrote:

 

I did see the hot spot on/off and turned it to on but I do not see my iPhone


I think this is an Apple issue: by default their current OS releases apply WPA3 security to a 'hotspot', but a Sky box cannot use WPA3.  You'll need to find the setting on the iPhone to knock hotspot security down to WPA2.

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This message was authored by: TimmyBGood

Re: Wanting to use a separate Sky sim for a hot spot on my Sky Q box

Posted by a Superuser, not a Sky employee. Find out more

@jackiebarley 

 

That setting may be cunningly disguised here:

 

Apple Hotspot.png

 

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Sky Glass 55" (on ethernet) & two Stream Pucks (one ethernet / one WiFi)
BT Halo 3+ Ultrafast FTTP (500Mbs), BT Smart Hub 2
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