How to use iPhone as modem for Airport Extreme?

My modem is kinda dead, but still I need to keep the network running.
Is there any way to use an iPhone as modem for Airport?
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Is there any way to use an iPhone as modem for Airport?
To do this, the iPhone would need to provide a wired Ethernet signal to the AirPort Extreme. Even if this might be possible, it would require some major....and likely unsupported surgery.
Suggest that you post in the iPhone support area for questions about the iPhone.
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In theory, it would work if the phone is providing a standard 802.11 wireless signal using WPA2 Personal security.
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