Re: connect to internet via android phone as usb-modem

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Thu, 2011-03-17 at 07:52 +0000, Sergio Monteiro Basto wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-03-17 at 07:49 +0000, Sergio Monteiro Basto wrote: 
> > On Wed, 2011-03-16 at 14:46 -0400, Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre wrote:
> > > 
> > > IIRC, this works starting with Android 2.0 (depending on the carriers
> > > though), but I may be wrong. 
> > 
> > I got 2.1 , and don't have "tether option" for network , but I saw that
> > got the option on 2.2. 
> 
> Better saying, I think that begins "Just" on 2.2.  

You can buy various apps that add the functionality, usually in
combination with having to enable "Developer"/debug mode on the phone.
I don't think that requires a full jailbreak of the device though.  One
such app is "easytether".  Early versions of Android did not include
things like the required kernel modules for hotspot mode (ie AP mode
firmware, driver capability, or even the kernel iptables NAT modules)
and thus you have to resort to doing tunnels with apps like easytether
or openvpn.

Dan