Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 10:38:19 -0400 From: Alejandro Imass <ait@p2ee.org> To: freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Android usb tethering Message-ID: <AANLkTi=5v9GziFF5fCox5vQRGNGvGXrq_y2%2BvCP7d4cw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <56546.1288608856@herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <56546.1288608856@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
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On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 6:54 AM, <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> wrote: > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Anyone tried the data tethering feature on the Android pho= nes? > Just my .02: I'm not sure but I think there are several issues you have to overcome, at least from my Linux experience: Assuming you are using USB (Bluetooth is similar in some ways...): 1) When you connect the Android usb port to your PC you have a multi-function usb port and you must select the correct option (or choice as their are named in Linux), this means that you should be able to either select the mass storage (sd card) or the tty. So you first need to figure out how to do that. I use CyanogenMod that has several usb debugging features but I haven't had a chance to experiment with tethering yet. Anyway, you must use soemthing at the usb layer level that handles the multi-function usb port. 2) I suspect that tethering works like most usb gsm modems in Linux, simply by mounting ttyUSB0 and the using something like wvdial with your provider's APN. So I think that once you figure out (1) you should have a tty and you can simply dial #777 or whatever your phone carrier specifies in their APN. > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0I've tried cdce and tried modifying cdce but no luck. I ne= ed to > regenerate the device list, but I haven't had any luck yet- simply > running make doesn't work, and I've read Makefiles and googled out the > wazoo. > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0I tried modifying the details off the openmoko site for th= eir data > tether system (for FreeBSD8, mind), still no luck. > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Apparently it uses the cdc_ether RNDIS according to my Fed= ora shit > media system. usbconfig concurs. > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Any hints, suggestions on how to further my investigations= and > getting this thing working? Anyone happen to be working on this? > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Cheers > > ------------------------- > Message sent via Atmail Open - http://atmail.org/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >
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