Samsung S3 mini- wont tether with Acer laptop

[AC Question]

Hi, hope someone can give me some pointers. I've not long changed my mobile from a Samsung S3 to an S3 mini. I've always used my phone as a hotspot, mainly to get the internet on my laptop when away from home.

The problem I have is that I cannot tether using my S3 mini and my laptop, The laptop recognises my phone but says the connection is "limited" Now what is confusing me is that I can tether the S3 mini with an old mobile phone no problem and I've also tried a different laptop with the S3 mini and that works fine too. My old S3 tethered no problem with my laptop, so can't work out what the problem may be.

Any ideas anyone? Thanks in advance.

 

[shel692]

Have you renamed the new device a different hotspot name and new password? I know Windows gets easily confused when that occurs. I would try removing the previous network and renaming the new device if that is the case.