I use my Verizon phone (Windows Mobile 6.5) with Internet Connection Sharing & WMWifiRouter, which allows the phone to function as wireless router for what is called an ad-hoc (computer-to-computer) WiFi network. Most phone hotspot programs that I know of work in this way.
What OS does your phone run on, and what hotspot program are you running on it? Perhaps that will help in finding you a solution.
WMWifiRouter requires tethering to a laptop or PC; that's where Internet Connection Sharing comes into play. However, if I plug the phone into the car's cigarette lighter, I can go online without a PC if I turn the connection back on every few minutes. That's with a 701c.
I'm willing to wager the star (*) identifies an ad-hoc network. Mine has that, also.
My 701i has proven to be a REAL BEAR to try and get to work through ad-hoc networks consistently. The 701i and my previous tablet (Velocity Cruz) had no problem connecting through wireless routers, which is called infrastructure mode. It isn't necessary on the 701c/i, but with the Cruz, I had to edit the system wireless configuration file to get ad-hoc to finally work.
You MAY have to manually assign an IP address to your 701i to make it work on your network. I did this one time, and run seven machines at once this way. I wanted to try more, but I ran out of devices.
Right now, it's hard to say more until I know more about exactly how you're doing what you're doing.
I have Ted Turner Cable coming tomorrow to hook up a 1 Mb/s up-10Mb/s down connection through a wireless router. THAT is how I'm going to resolve MY connection issues.
73 DE N4RPS
Rob
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