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ant
Dec 03, 2025Prodigy
Is there a way to connect Orbi Netgear Orbi RBK753S-100NAS to an iPhone's cellular Internet?
Say my cable Internet goes down. Is it possible to use the wifi router to the iPhone's cellular? Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)
CrimpOn
Dec 03, 2025Guru - Experienced User
It might be fun as an experiment, but there are some rather obvious drawbacks:
- If the cell phone is tethered to the home router with an Ethernet cable, it is not much use as a cell phone.
- With the lightning port being used for the Ethernet connection, there would need to be a Magsafe device for charging.
(no idea if the charger would keep up with constant data use)
oops..... Amazon shows a bunch of these adapters that also provide a charging port. Wow! - There seems to be a trade-off between adapters with charging that only support 100mbps speed and (at least one) without charging that supports 1000mbps speed.
- No idea what actual speed a cell phone achieve if it is constantly using the cellular data connection.
(don't cell providers place limits on constant data usage?)
$20 to Amazon will get you one.
ant
Dec 03, 2025Prodigy
How about connecting to the iPhone's personal hotspot wirelessly?