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Date:      Wed, 15 Nov 2023 13:03:00 +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:  <4e56f425-730a-4392-9d64-6b73166a73a8@alexburke.ca>
In-Reply-To: <ZVSyx-5OzmzZKRqj@c720-1400094>
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Hi Matthias,

Yes, I know, but I _chose_ to put it here.

I recommend you not be so cavalier with the personal info of others =E2=80=
=94 especially those who have been spending their time trying to help you.

Thanks again,
Alex
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Nov 15, 2023 13:00:12 Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>:

> El d=C3=ADa mi=C3=A9rcoles, noviembre 15, 2023 a las 12:51:59p. m. +0100,=
 Alexander Burke escribi=C3=B3:
>=20
>> Hi Matthias,
>>=20
>> Can you please edit my personal details out of your post?
>>=20
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Alex
>=20
> I did so as your request. But they are visible in the FreeBSD mailing
> list and its Internet archives also.
>=20
> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 matthias
>=20
>> ----------------------------------------
>>=20
>> Nov 15, 2023 09:44:17 Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>:
>>=20
>>> El d=C3=ADa mi=C3=A9rcoles, noviembre 15, 2023 a las 08:14:24 +0100, Ma=
tthias Apitz escribi=C3=B3:
>>>=20
>>>> El d=C3=ADa mi=C3=A9rcoles, noviembre 15, 2023 a las 07:14:53a. m. +01=
00, 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 i=
nternet gateway (in this case, the phone) or else the setup is backwards fr=
om every setup I've come across in 25 years in IT. (In fact, your phone pro=
bably 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 cli=
ent 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 m=
anpages 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 Packa=
ges
>>>> ...
>>>>=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 t=
he
>>>> 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 n=
eed to be?
>>>>=20
>>>> Because there is no DHCP server installed in the phone. I will copy yo=
ur
>>>> (Alexander) public reply from this mailing list into the forum and wil=
l
>>>> 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=
-176-38902045
>>> 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.
>=20
> --=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.
> =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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