One of the most "hidden" functions by Apple is tethering, a function that allows us to share the Internet with any other device. That is, imagine that we are going on a trip and I have a 4G card in my iPad, because through tethering that Apple offers from the third generation iPad I will be able to share the internet from the tablet to the computer (or any other device). Tethering can be done in different ways: via USB, creating a Wi-Fi network or via Bluetooth. What method to use and why? After the jump all the information.
What tethering method to use and why?
The iMore colleagues ran a speed analysis using the three different methods of sharing the Internet with iPads and these were the results:
- Wi-Fi tethering: 13.62 mbps download, 2.56 mbps upload, with an average ping of 115 ms
- USB tethering: 20 mbps download, 4.76 mbps upload, averaging 95 ms
- Bluetooth tethering: 1.6 mbps download, 0.65 mbps upload, averaging 152 ms
What does this mean? Which method is correct? Well, here are the keys to detect what your method is depending on what you want to do over the Internet, that is, the use you want to give it while you are sharing it from the iPad.
Sharing the Internet through USB is the most reliable and fastest method as we see in the speed test of the guys at iMore. In addition, one of the advantages of connecting our iPad to the computer is that while we transmit the Internet, we can charge the device. If you want the connection to be as fast as possible, we recommend that you use USB (as long as the receiving device has a free USB and is compatible).
If you don't have USB ports and you can't connect the receiving tethering device via Wi-Fi, you will have to use your iPad's Bluetooth. The problem with this method is that it uses up the battery very quickly and you can only connect with a single device at a time, while multiple devices can be connected through Wi-Fi. Personally, I would leave Bluetooth tethering in the last position of "profitable methods".
Finally, if you want to share the Internet with several devices at the same time (with up to 10 in some telephone companies) your method is to create a Wi-Fi network. Although it is not as reliable as USB, it offers affordable speed and is not very noticeable from one method to another. But of course, this method will also drain the battery faster.
What is your method to share the Internet with your favorite iPad?
So, which method would suffice with more battery, wi-fi or bluetooth?
Using tethereing via Wifi uses up the battery much faster than using bluetooth. The WiFi method has more advantages, as Angel points out (connect more devices, faster…) but it drains the battery.
Before your "speeds" I am amazed.
When I do thetering by USB (telephone connected by cable to the PC) it gives me a MAXIMUM speed OF 429 KILOBITES DOWN (It does not even reach half a mega).
I do not know what could be.