8.3. Turning Your Droid 2 into a Wi-Fi Hotspot

The Droid 2 can do more than just connect you to a hotspot. It can create its own hotspot, so that other computers, cellphones, and devices can connect to the Internet through it. That means, for example, that if you’ve got a computer that you want to connect to the Internet, but there’s no Wi-Fi hotspot or Internet service nearby, you can still connect to the Internet using your Droid 2. So from now on, wherever you are, you’ve got Internet access as long as you’ve got your Droid 2 with you. The Droid 2 calls this setting up a 3G Mobile Hotspot.

By doing this, you can provide Internet access not just for one PC, but for up to five—that’s right, count ’em, five—devices.