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 <[email protected]>: >> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >> >> > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
