Lumia 920 Internet sharing

Hello,
This might seem like obvious to many but my Lumia 920 is my first smartphone so, to me, this is all new
At work, I connect my lumia to the company wi-fi without a problem.  I also have this win8 tablet which for some reason is unable to connect to the same network.  If I share internet from my phone (that is connected to the wi-fi, am I right in assuming that it is sharing the wi-fi internet and not my cell data plan?
Is there any way to check this and make sure I won't get overcharged on my cell data plan?
David
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unless something has changed or is country specific, you are only able to use internet sharing when you are on the cellular network, not on a wifi network and then share the wifi.

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