Dongle not working on tablet

[Heth]

I have just purchased an Android tablet which is supposed to be compatible to 3G Dongles. I plugged my dongle in and it wouldn't work. I don't have a router so am unable to connect it to Wifi.

I took the tablet to a place where they have free Wifi today and it connected ok with that.

Could it be that my Dongle is just not up to date enough and compatible with the Androids as it is configured for Windows I think. It works on XP, Vista and Windows 7.

I had a look at my ISP site and there was mention about their customers eventually all being changed over to 4G by the end of 2012 so that we can get Windows Live (or something like that), so I am wondering if this has something to do with me not being to connect to the tablet with my 3G Dongle??? Not being a computer Geek, I am a tad confused.

 

[Frisco]

Welcome to the forums, Heth.

Yes, I think you're right about that dongle's compatibility with your Android device, being as how the tab successfully connects not using the dongle.

Let's see how others who've been in that situation respond; I took this question/post out of the old thread you posted in, and gave it its own thread here in the Android Lounge for now. Let us know if you'd like the thread in a particular tab sub-forum (not sure if you've got the Iconia where I found your post ).