Wireless Connectivity

I just got wireless internet from AT&T. I ordered the AT&T Elevate 4G. The device says that it has 4 bars and 4G service but my connections run blazing fast one minute then get Connection timed out errors the next.I have it hooked to my desktop via USB. Is there a way to connect it wireless to the desktop? Also my computer shows two other Network Connections: 1394 Net Adapter and Realtek family PCI fast ethernet. Everytime I uninstall when I reboot they reinstall. Could one of these somehow be used with this device? Please Help!! Got to get this straight before my 2 week buyer remorse passes.

Try reinstalling your driver for the device...
It could be that the device itself is defective, though. I think ATT has a tech support line for these devices, and while not always the most pleasant experience, you could give them a shot too.

Quote from hthnl23 : I just got wireless internet from AT&T. I ordered the AT&T Elevate 4G. The device says that it has 4 bars and 4G service but my connections run blazing fast one minute then get Connection timed out errors the next.I have it hooked to my desktop via USB. Is there a way to connect it wireless to the desktop? Also my computer shows two other Network Connections: 1394 Net Adapter and Realtek family PCI fast ethernet. Everytime I uninstall when I reboot they reinstall. Could one of these somehow be used with this device? Please Help!! Got to get this straight before my 2 week buyer remorse passes.

Facepalm. Don't remove the other network cards/connections

Quote from HeyLookItsMe : Facepalm. Don't remove the other network cards/connections

Can one of these be used with this connection somehow? Or No? I'm new to this wireless Internet.

Quote from hthnl23 : I just got wireless internet from AT&T. I ordered the AT&T Elevate 4G. The device says that it has 4 bars and 4G service but my connections run blazing fast one minute then get Connection timed out errors the next.I have it hooked to my desktop via USB. Is there a way to connect it wireless to the desktop? Also my computer shows two other Network Connections: 1394 Net Adapter and Realtek family PCI fast ethernet. Everytime I uninstall when I reboot they reinstall. Could one of these somehow be used with this device? Please Help!! Got to get this straight before my 2 week buyer remorse passes.

1394 Net Adapter is for Firewire Devices (learned that a long time ago doing Bellsouth.net support). You can ignore it.

The Realtek Family PCI Fast Ethernet adapter is the network card, probably built into the motherboard, of your desktop.

In either case, leave them alone as they have nothing to do with your Elevate 4G.

Now my question is, what are you trying to do? Connect the Elevate 4G to local Wifi on your wireless home network? Or are you trying to tether your desktop to your 4G and giving your desktop receive internet connection via your Elevate 4G?

Quote from menace33 : 1394 Net Adapter is for Firewire Devices (learned that a long time ago doing Bellsouth.net support). You can ignore it. The Realtek Family PCI Fast Ethernet adapter is the network card, probably built into the motherboard, of your desktop. In either case, leave them alone as they have nothing to do with your Elevate 4G. Now my question is, what are you trying to do? Connect the Elevate 4G to local Wifi on your wireless home network? Or are you trying to tether your desktop to your 4G and giving your desktop receive internet connection via your Elevate 4G?

Trying to tether my desktop to my 4G

Quote from hthnl23 : Trying to tether my desktop to my 4G

AT&T really doesn't like that and most likely once they see the amount of traffic piping through that 4G connection they will either throttle it or stop it altogether. You can blame the 3G iPhone users for that as they were renown for jailbreaking their iPhones and tethering it to their laptops.

I had two coworkers here that did tethering like that and AT&T basically shut that down and threatened to cut off service it they detected it across their network. They're with Verizon now.

I have the Elevate 4g it is for a Desktop and Laptop. So I'm not doing anything wrong that is what it is for.
I noticed when I right click the connection and click repair it works fine for a few pages then I have to do it again. What could this mean??

Quote from hthnl23 : I have the Elevate 4g it is for a Desktop and Laptop. So I'm not doing anything wrong that is what it is for. I noticed when I right click the connection and click repair it works fine for a few pages then I have to do it again. What could this mean??

Ohhhh you have a mobile hot spot, gotcha. That is perfectly fine then.

Have you used the guides [att.com] that AT&T have provided?

What version of Windows are you using?

Looking at the guide site now. I'm running XP

Looked at it and tried all they say except the antenna. Hate to go buy one of those and that not be the problem tho.

Quote from hthnl23 : Looked at it and tried all they say except the antenna. Hate to go buy one of those and that not be the problem tho.

I haven't thoroughly read this yet, but check the Manual [att.com]. Have you connected to the Hotspot home page? http://att.elevate

Quote from menace33 : I haven't thoroughly read this yet, but check the Manual [att.com]. Have you connected to the Hotspot home page? http://att.elevate

There is a section under Advanced settings about Automatically installing the USB driver for tethering. I'm not sure what this setting is but I'm sure you'll want that to automatically install if tethering is the direction you wish to go with this.

Yea that is enabled already. Think I stumbled upon what it might be. My desktop is sitting right beside my TV with Satellite. I read on a site that this could interfere with signal. When I moved away from this on my tablet it works perfect with Excellent strength. Now my question is: I don't really have another place to put my desktop is there some way to make my desktop wireless (wifi) compatible until I can get a laptop??