Am 14.06.13 schrieb Jim Klimov <[email protected]>: > On 2013-06-14 13:50, Carsten Grzemba wrote: > > Hi, > > > >has somebody experience with usb tethering of android phones for Openindiana > >or other Solarises. > >Could this work like a usb network card? > > > No, I haven't tried it with OI, but I did it with linux many years back > (like ten years or more, when GPRS was just appearing around here). > At that time the phone was presented to the OS like a USB (or even > native, with its cable?) serial port, and the modem-dialling software > was configured to use it with the connection strings from the cellular > provider. I think this ultimately performed as a proper traffic-rated > (not time-rated dialup) service. > > So, this is what I'd expect from GPRS-modeming today, if I were to > need restarting my attempts. As for tethering - I think the term > describes the use of an (android) phone as a local Wifi access point > with GPRS WAN connection. Or does it apply to USB and other links > (BlueTooth? IrDA?) as well? > android phones support tethering to the computer via usb and bluetooth. But for me is USB ok and enough. This works on Linux (Ubuntu) out of the box. I guess it is provieded as an usb network card. To the internet it should work with WIFI or GPRS/UMTS.
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