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1:03 AM

Q: Is there a way to hide several year old questions?

I have been getting back into the habit of checking this forum, trying to help others with what little I can. However, I'm noticing a not insignificant trend when loading the home page; I'm seeing posts from at least two years ago popping up at the top. I have been noticing these questions at the...

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barlop

2:18 AM

Why bump an old post when some grammar is changed?

It could be "bumped" to the person that posted it and to mdoerators.. to check it.

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Journeyman Geek

3:42 AM

@barlop everyone's a moderator in a sense

bot bumps are inactivity bumps

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barlop

4:50 AM

ok make sense.

BTW

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07LGSDBTF/

"TP-Link AC600 USB Wi-Fi Dongle"

tp-link.com/uk/support/faq/2155

"How to set up a Mobile Hotspot or Soft AP on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1"

So that TP Link one does it. maybe a bunch do..

the answers on the amazon page for that, mention that tplink page

so probably works on a bunch of them

there's a netsh command that does it!!

according to that tplink link.

Journeyman Geek

5:36 AM

SoftAP's pretty common

the problem is doing both that and LTE/4G+

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barlop

6:37 AM

That dongle I linked to doesn't do 4G , so is what i'm looking for.

Journeyman Geek

Closest thing I can think of that does it all is... a phone

barlop

heh good point

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OakBot

8:32 AM

Yeah, phones these days can definitely act as Wi-Fi hotspots, bridging the gap between LTE/4G and other devices. Handy for sure! But if you're looking for a more dedicated solution, there's always mobile hotspot devices specifically designed for that purpose – kind of a sweet spot between a dongle and a full-fledged router.

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