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Date:      Wed, 15 Nov 2023 12:51:59 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
From:      Alexander Burke <alex@alexburke.ca>
To:        Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: USB tethering between FreeBSD and mobile phone (Debian OS)
Message-ID:  <a639670b-a4ba-409f-a33c-00444d7af922@alexburke.ca>
In-Reply-To: <ZVSE3g00mAvi1ISc@pureos>
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Hi Matthias,

Can you please edit my personal details out of your post?

Thanks in advance,
Alex
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Nov 15, 2023 09:44:17 Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>:

> El d=C3=ADa mi=C3=A9rcoles, noviembre 15, 2023 a las 08:14:24 +0100, Matt=
hias Apitz escribi=C3=B3:
>=20
>> El d=C3=ADa mi=C3=A9rcoles, noviembre 15, 2023 a las 07:14:53a. m. +0100=
, Alexander Burke escribi=C3=B3:
>>=20
>>> Hi Matthias (and anyone who comes across this later),
>>>=20
>>> The DHCP server should be run on the device capable of acting as an int=
ernet gateway (in this case, the phone) or else the setup is backwards from=
 every setup I've come across in 25 years in IT. (In fact, your phone proba=
bly already had dhcpd installed for exactly that reason.)
>>>=20
>>> ...
>>=20
>> Hi Alexander (and anyone who comes across this later),
>>=20
>> There is no DHCP server installed in the phone, only a DHCP client:
>>=20
>> purism@pureos:~$ dpkg -l | grep dhcp
>> ii=C2=A0 isc-dhcp-client=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0 4.4.1-2.3+deb11u2=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 arm64=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 DHCP client=
 for automatically obtaining an IP address
>> ii=C2=A0 isc-dhcp-common=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0 4.4.1-2.3+deb11u2=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 arm64=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 common manp=
ages relevant to all of the isc-dhcp packages
>>=20
>> purism@pureos:~$ apt info isc-dhcp-server
>> Package: isc-dhcp-server
>> Version: 4.4.1-2.3+deb11u2
>> Priority: optional
>> ...
>> Download-Size: 524 kB
>> APT-Sources: https://repo.pureos.net/pureos byzantium/main arm64 Package=
s
>> ...
>>=20
>> i.e. could be downloaded and installed, but it is not.
>>=20
>> For the reasos that this is not installed and configured in the
>> phone one could read and understand these posting in the Purism's
>> forum:
>>=20
>> https://forums.puri.sm/t/l5-dhcp-server/21828
>>=20
>> I'm not an Debian and NetworkManager expert. It is just a fact, that the
>> phone device sends DHCP requests when carrier comes up.
>>=20
>> The solution I've configured and documented gives what I was in need:
>> SSH access from the FreeBSD laptop into the phone (to do things there
>> like installations, troubleshooting, readin my mails, etc.).
>>=20
>> Hope it helps someone in the same need.
>>=20
>>>=20
>>> Why swim against the current and make things more complex than they nee=
d to be?
>>=20
>> Because there is no DHCP server installed in the phone. I will copy your
>> (Alexander) public reply from this mailing list into the forum and will
>> ask Purism staff why the things have been setup this ways.
>=20
> The posting is here:
>=20
> https://forums.puri.sm/t/usb-tethering-freebsd-laptop-with-l5/21819/3
> --=20
> Matthias Apitz, =E2=9C=89 guru@unixarea.de, http://www.unixarea.de/ +49-1=
76-38902045
> Public GnuPG key: http://www.unixarea.de/key.pub
>=20
> I am not at war with Russia.=C2=A0 =D0=AF =D0=BD=D0=B5 =D0=B2=D0=BE=D1=8E=
=D1=8E =D1=81 =D0=A0=D0=BE=D1=81=D1=81=D0=B8=D0=B5=D0=B9.
> Ich bin nicht im Krieg mit Russland.



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