How to share my Android Internet connection to my router

This is the most efficient way to tether your Android smartphone to your router or Ethernet switch. This set up is also advisable if you're connecting to a public internet or if your connection is limited to only your Android. This article shows you the steps to do this.

Hardware requirements:

Internal Wi-Fi card, External Wi-Fi USB adapter (optional).
Internal Ethernet card, External Ethernet USB adapter (optional).

Step 1: Purchase Connectify Hotspot PRO or MAX from the Connectify website. Sharing to a router uses Wired router mode, which needs Hotspot PRO or MAX.

Step 2: There are several ways to tether or share your Android connection to your computer. Please see these options below.

Step 3. Connect the Ethernet cable from your computer to the WAN port of the router (or in any port if you're using an ethernet switch).

Step 4. Open Connectify Hotspot. On the Hotspot screen, under Create a, choose Wired router.

Step 5: Under Internet to share, choose your Android connection. Icons next to each connection tell you what kind of Internet connection you’re selecting:

USB tethering: usually Remote NDIS based Internet Sharing Device, with an Ethernet icon.
Your phone's Wi-Fi hotspot: the name of the phone's Wi-Fi network, with a Wi-Fi icon.
PdaNet+: PdaNet Broadband Adapter, with a modem icon.

Step 6: Under Share over, choose the Ethernet port your router is plugged into.

Step 7: Leave Network access on Routed, the default. Bridged (Hotspot MAX) isn't available with PdaNet. Learn more about the difference between Routed and Bridged by clicking this LINK.

Wired router with an Android phone's USB tethering connection as Internet to share, Ethernet as Share over, and Routed network access

Optional: turn on Block ads in the Protection card, as this feature will save you a lot of data. Learn more about the ad blocker in Connectify Hotspot.

Step 8: Click Start hotspot to begin sharing your Internet connection with your router.