How to block and limit the number of devices connected to hotspot

All Android smartphones have a hotspot function. This feature allows you to share the connection from your smartphone with other devices such as laptops, PCs or other smartphones. Hotspots can be password protected, but additional protection can be enabled. This means that you can limit the number of devices that can be connected.

So you don’t miss how many devices are connected to your hotspot. Here are some ways you can limit the number of hotspot users from your mobile phone.

First, open the settings menu on your Android phone
Then select the Connection menu
Then click on the Portable hotspot and tethering option
Then select the Portable hotspot option
Then click on the hotspot user menu
After that, several user device names connected to your WiFi hotspot network will appear
If you want to block a user you don’t think you know, click that person’s device name and then click the Delete or Block button
Finished. The unknown user you have successfully blocked now can’t find your wifi hotspot signal network anymore. And your WiFi network will be safer and faster

How to limit Wi-Fi signal users from the Maximum Connection menu.

First, open the Settings / Settings menu on your smartphone
Then click the More menu
Then click on the Tethering & Portable Device menu
Then click on the Wi-Fi Hotspot menu
Then click the WiFi Setup button
Then the Wifi Setup pop-up window will appear
In the Wireless Setup window, click the Maximum Connection menu.
Then in the “Maximum connection” menu, change the number according to your preference. Example: 3 users. This number is the maximum number of users who can join your WiFi network
Then we click on the Save and OK button to save the newly created settings
Finished. Now only 3 users can access your wifi network to keep your wifi network fast while accessing internet

Via the bandwidth usage menu

First, open the settings menu or settings on the Android smartphone
Then click the More menu button
After that, click on the Tethering & Portable Device menu
Then select the WiFi hotspot menu
Next, from the Wi-Fi hotspot menu, we select Bandwidth Usage
After successfully entering the bandwidth usage menu. Then check the Enable bandwidth throttling box
Then enter the number in the bandwidth column. This number is the maximum data transfer speed that the user can use in kbps (kbps).kilobits per second) for both downloading and uploading. Examples like: 100 kbps
After entering the numbers. Then we click on the OK button to save the settings we have just made
Finished. Now users who enter the WiFi network can only access the Internet with a maximum data transfer speed of 100 kbps

These are a few ways you can try blocking or restricting your smartphone hotspot usage.