Question / Help Streaming from Laptop through a mobile phone

Excalibur

New Member
I have a live steam event that I am steaming/recording here next month. I don't' know if the location has wireless or a LAN connection I can plug into. I am wondering if I can stream via OBS on my Laptop and use my cellphone as a wireless hotspot?
 

koala

Active Member
May work or not. You should test this at home. Nobody keeps you from making your cellphone a wireless hotspot at home and your laptop logging in into that wifi network instead of your home wifi network. Disconnect any LAN cable in your laptop, of course.
 

Lawrence_SoCal

Active Member
Yes, using your phone as hotspot can work. Will it? will it be stable/reliable? will you run into WiFi interference issues? all... maybe
I'd certainly try to use an USB connection, before WiFi, if possible/practical with your setup (to avoid possible WiFi issues)

Also, if at event with lots of people, realize your upload bandwidth via cellular may not be as stable, high, etc...
 
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