On 07/16/2010 04:58 PM, Bill Kendrick wrote:
Quick question. My wife wants to get some new Android phones
to replace our current ones, and it sounds like we can at the
same time drop the Sprint cell modem that I've got right now
for telecommuting purposes.
HOWEVER, the guy at the store who was telling her about
Android 2.2's hotspot feature mentioned software for
Windows Mac, which has caused hesitation.
Does anyone out here know, off-hand, if we have this...
* T-Mobile
* Android phone (e.g., a 2.2 one with this hotspot feature)
* Linux laptop
...is it possible to get the laptop onto the Internet?
Is there a bandwidth limit or overage charges?
The Sprint modem we're paying ~$60/mo for has _no limit_, which is why
we haven't just tried doing some USB-cable nonsense that I'm fairly
sure I can do, even with my ancient Android 1.6(?) phone.
If I find time to research it and come up with an answer, I'll
post it. In the meantime, I'm hoping someone out here just
knows already. ;)
Looks possible based on poking around the internet
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
Note this appears to require that you use something like
http://unrevoked.com/ to make it work, but it appears safe and not
against terms of service from sprint
(http://community.htc.com/na/htc-forums/android/f/94/t/3692.aspx)
The fact that they say software for Win/Mac is probably a couple of things.
1. It might be like the software that comes with a router, which
basically just opens a browser to the url of your router.
2. A disclaimer that they won't offer support for other systems.
From what I understand most of these in phone systems are basically
small wifi routers that use standard wifi technology. While I could see
a cell company trying to muck with that it would seem a better idea to
stick with straight wifi.
Enjoy,
Alex
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