How to Create a Personal Wi Fi Hotspot for an iPad from an iPhone

By turning on the Personal Hotspot feature on your iPhone, you can tether it to your iPad by sharing its cellular data connection to your iPad. If your iPad is Wi-Fi only, you can use this feature to access the web on your iPad when you’re away from your home Wi-Fi connection.

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Steps

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   On your iPhone’s Home screen, tap the Settings icon to open the settings app.
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   Tap the Personal Hotspot option.
   • If you do not see this option, your device may not yet be configured for a Personal Hotspot. Go to General -> Network -> Set Up Personal Hotspot and follow the directions in the popup window. You may have to enable the feature on your cellular account before you can proceed.
   • If you do not see an option for Set Up Personal Hotspot, your device may be unable to make a hotspot.
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   Tap Wi-Fi Password.
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   Type a password for your hotspot into the Password field. Now tap the Done button.
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   Tap the Personal Hotspot toggle to set it to On.
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   Tap the Settings icon on your iPad’s Home screen.
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   Tap Wi-Fi from the left hand pane. The name of your iPhone should appear on the list of networks. Tap on its name.
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   Enter the password you set on your iPhone into the field that appears and tap the Join button.