winnersmw
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I have used the Verizon hotspot to tether my Charge to my Samsung Galaxy 10.1 Tab and it works fine. I am now trying to find a Rooted application that will do the same thing (allow me to tether my tablet to my android phone). Both Barnacle and OpenGarden do NOT work. Other devices (iTouch, Laptop, Etc) can see and connect to the wifi signal but another android device does not even see the wifi.
It's because of the wireless technology used to broadcast the wifi signal. There's two main methods to broadcast wifi, either ad-hoc or access-point mode. If you've ever configured a wireless router (Linksys, Belkin, etc...), you may have noticed these modes somewhere in the settings. The Verizon Mobile Hotspot is probably broadcasting as an access-point, whereas Barnacle and any other free alternative uses ad-hoc. Android devices probably don't support connecting to ad-hoc networks, thus your android tablet cannot connect to Barnacle's broadcasted ad-hoc network.
At least, that's my guess.