[OpenIndiana-discuss] Android USB tethering on openindiana

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laptop tethering still works via wifi on Android however had no luck
with cable tethering. http://oiosunix.blogspot.co.uk/

Rob


On 14/06/2013 13:36, Carsten Grzemba wrote:
> 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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