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Can you connect to Jellyfin without a router/local network? - unleashed7 - 2024-08-25
Is it possible to reach a jellyfin server through connecting to a PC with mobile hotspot?
I'm a long-time Jellyfin user, but my circumstances changed and have to drive a lot, I have a tablet on the dashboard and my laptop with the server is always with me.
No router though, so I'm thinking how could I access the content without downloading the files to the tablet?
Cheers
RE: Can you connect to Jellyfin without a router/local network? - TheDreadPirate - 2024-08-25
You'd have to turn your laptop into a mobile hotspot.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/use-your-windows-pc-as-a-mobile-hotspot-c89b0fad-72d5-41e8-f7ea-406ad9036b85#:~:text=Select%20Start%20%2C%20then%20select%20Settings,connection%20you%20want%20to%20share.
RE: Can you connect to Jellyfin without a router/local network? - unleashed7 - 2024-08-26
(2024-08-25, 11:54 PM)TheDreadPirate Wrote: You'd have to turn your laptop into a mobile hotspot.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/use-your-windows-pc-as-a-mobile-hotspot-c89b0fad-72d5-41e8-f7ea-406ad9036b85#:~:text=Select%20Start%20%2C%20then%20select%20Settings,connection%20you%20want%20to%20share.
Managed to solve it with this and connecting to the new hotspot adapter's IP. Thanks!