[OpenIndiana-discuss] Android USB tethering on openindiana

[Carsten Grzemba]

Am 14.06.13 schrieb Jim Klimov  <jimklimov at cos.ru>:
> On 2013-06-14 13:50, Carsten Grzemba wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >has somebody experience with usb tethering of android phones for Openindiana or other Solarises.
> >Could this work like a usb network card?
> 
> 
> No, I haven't tried it with OI, but I did it with linux many years back
> (like ten years or more, when GPRS was just appearing around here).
> At that time the phone was presented to the OS like a USB (or even
> native, with its cable?) serial port, and the modem-dialling software
> was configured to use it with the connection strings from the cellular
> provider. I think this ultimately performed as a proper traffic-rated
> (not time-rated dialup) service.
> 
> So, this is what I'd expect from GPRS-modeming today, if I were to
> need restarting my attempts. As for tethering - I think the term
> describes the use of an (android) phone as a local Wifi access point
> with GPRS WAN connection. Or does it apply to USB and other links
> (BlueTooth? IrDA?) as well?
> 
android phones support tethering to the computer via usb and bluetooth. But for me is USB ok and enough.
This works on Linux (Ubuntu) out of the box. I guess it is provieded as an usb network card.
To the internet it should work with WIFI or GPRS/UMTS.


> 
> 
> //Jim
> 
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