[gentoo-user] {OT} Tether a Google Nexus One?

[gentoo-user] {OT} Tether a Google Nexus One?

[Grant]

Does anyone know if a Google Nexus One cell phone can be USB tethered
to a Gentoo system?  I use wvdial to accomplish this with other cell
phones but I've read that the Nexus One doesn't work that way because
it doesn't appear on the host system as a tty:

http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?23,146509,147989

There is a tethering option in the Nexus One settings but I can't
figure out how to get my Gentoo laptop to use the tethered cell
phone's internet connection.

- Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Tether a Google Nexus One?

[Maciej Grela]

2011/5/3 Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>:
> Does anyone know if a Google Nexus One cell phone can be USB tethered
> to a Gentoo system?  I use wvdial to accomplish this with other cell
> phones but I've read that the Nexus One doesn't work that way because
> it doesn't appear on the host system as a tty:
>
> http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?23,146509,147989
>
> There is a tethering option in the Nexus One settings but I can't
> figure out how to get my Gentoo laptop to use the tethered cell
> phone's internet connection.
>

What kind of device appears in the system when you plug in the phone ?
The last few lines of dmesg would give the best information.

Best regards,
Maciej Grela

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Tether a Google Nexus One?

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Tue, 3 May 2011 13:21:06 -0700, Grant wrote:

> There is a tethering option in the Nexus One settings but I can't
> figure out how to get my Gentoo laptop to use the tethered cell
> phone's internet connection.

I never tried tethering mine over USB, because the WiFi tethering is so
simple to use. You just turn it on and the phone appears as an
access point in Wicd (or any inferior network manager you may
masochistically prefer).


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Barnum was wrong....it's more like every 30 seconds!

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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Tether a Google Nexus One?

[Alan McKinnon]

Apparently, though unproven, at 23:19 on Tuesday 03 May 2011, Neil Bothwick 
did opine thusly:

> On Tue, 3 May 2011 13:21:06 -0700, Grant wrote:
> > There is a tethering option in the Nexus One settings but I can't
> > figure out how to get my Gentoo laptop to use the tethered cell
> > phone's internet connection.
> 
> I never tried tethering mine over USB, because the WiFi tethering is so
> simple to use. You just turn it on and the phone appears as an
> access point in Wicd (or any inferior network manager you may
> masochistically prefer).

Hello Neil,

Had some bad experiences with NetworkManager then?


-- 
alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Tether a Google Nexus One?

[Mick]

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On Tuesday 03 May 2011 22:19:53 Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Tue, 3 May 2011 13:21:06 -0700, Grant wrote:
> > There is a tethering option in the Nexus One settings but I can't
> > figure out how to get my Gentoo laptop to use the tethered cell
> > phone's internet connection.
> 
> I never tried tethering mine over USB, because the WiFi tethering is so
> simple to use. You just turn it on and the phone appears as an
> access point in Wicd (or any inferior network manager you may
> masochistically prefer).

What?  Like iwconfig sort of thing?  Or are we talking advanced automation 
sutff stuff like /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 and 
/etc/wpa_supplciant/wpa_supplicant.conf?  LOL
-- 
Regards,
Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Tether a Google Nexus One?

[Mick]

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On Tuesday 03 May 2011 22:48:45 Alan McKinnon wrote:
> Apparently, though unproven, at 23:19 on Tuesday 03 May 2011, Neil Bothwick
> 
> did opine thusly:
> > On Tue, 3 May 2011 13:21:06 -0700, Grant wrote:
> > > There is a tethering option in the Nexus One settings but I can't
> > > figure out how to get my Gentoo laptop to use the tethered cell
> > > phone's internet connection.
> > 
> > I never tried tethering mine over USB, because the WiFi tethering is so
> > simple to use. You just turn it on and the phone appears as an
> > access point in Wicd (or any inferior network manager you may
> > masochistically prefer).
> 
> Hello Neil,
> 
> Had some bad experiences with NetworkManager then?

'Google' says to root the darn thing and patch it:

http://www.dbuggr.com/milly/steps-enable-google-nexus-htc-modem-android-
tethering/

http://www.mahalo.com/how-to-tether-your-nexus-one/

but I'm not sure how dangerous this might be (I don't have a google phone to 
try it).
-- 
Regards,
Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Tether a Google Nexus One?

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Tue, 3 May 2011 23:03:50 +0100, Mick wrote:

> > I never tried tethering mine over USB, because the WiFi tethering is
> > so simple to use. You just turn it on and the phone appears as an
> > access point in Wicd (or any inferior network manager you may
> > masochistically prefer).  
> 
> What?  Like iwconfig sort of thing?  Or are we talking advanced
> automation sutff stuff like /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 and 
> /etc/wpa_supplciant/wpa_supplicant.conf?  LOL

I'm talking about post-stoneage stuff, not druidware :)

BTW I was too hasty in my reply, seeing the Nexus but not the One. My
experience is with a Nexus S, but as both use vanilla android, it should
be equally easy.

My phone is rooted, but this worked instantly before it was rooted.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

Keep your words soft and sweet in case you have to eat them.

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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Tether a Google Nexus One?

[Mark Shields]

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On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:

> Does anyone know if a Google Nexus One cell phone can be USB tethered
> to a Gentoo system?  I use wvdial to accomplish this with other cell
> phones but I've read that the Nexus One doesn't work that way because
> it doesn't appear on the host system as a tty:
>
> http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?23,146509,147989
>
> There is a tethering option in the Nexus One settings but I can't
> figure out how to get my Gentoo laptop to use the tethered cell
> phone's internet connection.
>
> - Grant
>
>
If your phone is anything like my phone (G2, Gingerbread) that has the same
option, you should be able to do the following (I did this on an Arch system
late last week, never tested on Gentoo but should work):

ifconfig usb0 up
dhcpcd usb0


That should get you online.

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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Tether a Google Nexus One?

[Matthew Finkel]

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I agree with Mark. Have you received the GB update? I know not all N1s have
received it yet, so I apologize if my assumption is wrong and you're still
running Froyo. But I have had the same experience as Mark (and I am running
gentoo) where it is almost as plug-n-play as you can get. (Assuming you're
running GB):

1) Plug in usb to phone and computer
2) Enable usb tethering in Wireless & network settings
3) Tethering & portable hotspot
4) USB tethering (check)

As root:
---snip---
ifconfig usb0 up
dhcpcd usb0
---snip---

I don't believe the tethering experience was much more difficult in Froyo,
but I could be wrong about that.

- Matt

On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 9:53 PM, Mark Shields <laebshade@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know if a Google Nexus One cell phone can be USB tethered
>> to a Gentoo system?  I use wvdial to accomplish this with other cell
>> phones but I've read that the Nexus One doesn't work that way because
>> it doesn't appear on the host system as a tty:
>>
>> http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?23,146509,147989
>>
>> There is a tethering option in the Nexus One settings but I can't
>> figure out how to get my Gentoo laptop to use the tethered cell
>> phone's internet connection.
>>
>> - Grant
>>
>>
> If your phone is anything like my phone (G2, Gingerbread) that has the same
> option, you should be able to do the following (I did this on an Arch system
> late last week, never tested on Gentoo but should work):
>
> ifconfig usb0 up
> dhcpcd usb0
>
>
> That should get you online.
>

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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Tether a Google Nexus One?

[Indi]

On Wed, May 04, 2011 at 12:00:02AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> Apparently, though unproven, at 23:19 on Tuesday 03 May 2011, Neil Bothwick 
> did opine thusly:
> 
> > On Tue, 3 May 2011 13:21:06 -0700, Grant wrote:
> > > There is a tethering option in the Nexus One settings but I can't
> > > figure out how to get my Gentoo laptop to use the tethered cell
> > > phone's internet connection.
> > 
> > I never tried tethering mine over USB, because the WiFi tethering is so
> > simple to use. You just turn it on and the phone appears as an
> > access point in Wicd (or any inferior network manager you may
> > masochistically prefer).
> 
> Hello Neil,
> 
> Had some bad experiences with NetworkManager then?
> 

The CLI and wpa_supplicant have yet to let me down.
Network manager and wicd were both incredibly frustrating 
and buggy, last I tried them (~ a year ago).

-- 
caveat utilitor

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Tether a Google Nexus One?

[Grant]

> I agree with Mark. Have you received the GB update? I know not all N1s have
> received it yet, so I apologize if my assumption is wrong and you're still
> running Froyo. But I have had the same experience as Mark (and I am running
> gentoo) where it is almost as plug-n-play as you can get. (Assuming you're
> running GB):
> 1) Plug in usb to phone and computer
> 2) Enable usb tethering in Wireless & network settings
> 3) Tethering & portable hotspot
> 4) USB tethering (check)
> As root:
> ---snip---
> ifconfig usb0 up
> dhcpcd usb0
> ---snip---
> I don't believe the tethering experience was much more difficult in Froyo,
> but I could be wrong about that.
> - Matt

Thanks guys, the wifi hotspot works great but I can't get USB
tethering to work.  I don't seem to have the usb0 device, even after
enabling USB tethering in the settings:

# ifconfig /dev/usb0 up
/dev/usb0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device

Any ideas?  I'm on Android 2.3.3.

- Grant


>>> Does anyone know if a Google Nexus One cell phone can be USB tethered
>>> to a Gentoo system?  I use wvdial to accomplish this with other cell
>>> phones but I've read that the Nexus One doesn't work that way because
>>> it doesn't appear on the host system as a tty:
>>>
>>> http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?23,146509,147989
>>>
>>> There is a tethering option in the Nexus One settings but I can't
>>> figure out how to get my Gentoo laptop to use the tethered cell
>>> phone's internet connection.
>>>
>>> - Grant
>>>
>>
>> If your phone is anything like my phone (G2, Gingerbread) that has the
>> same option, you should be able to do the following (I did this on an Arch
>> system late last week, never tested on Gentoo but should work):
>> ifconfig usb0 up
>> dhcpcd usb0
>>
>> That should get you online.

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Tether a Google Nexus One?

[David Abbott]

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:

> Any ideas?  I'm on Android 2.3.3.
>
> - Grant
>
Works fine here, this should help;
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-843255.html

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Tether a Google Nexus One?

[Mark Shields]

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On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:

> > I agree with Mark. Have you received the GB update? I know not all N1s
> have
> > received it yet, so I apologize if my assumption is wrong and you're
> still
> > running Froyo. But I have had the same experience as Mark (and I am
> running
> > gentoo) where it is almost as plug-n-play as you can get. (Assuming
> you're
> > running GB):
> > 1) Plug in usb to phone and computer
> > 2) Enable usb tethering in Wireless & network settings
> > 3) Tethering & portable hotspot
> > 4) USB tethering (check)
> > As root:
> > ---snip---
> > ifconfig usb0 up
> > dhcpcd usb0
> > ---snip---
> > I don't believe the tethering experience was much more difficult in
> Froyo,
> > but I could be wrong about that.
> > - Matt
>
> Thanks guys, the wifi hotspot works great but I can't get USB
> tethering to work.  I don't seem to have the usb0 device, even after
> enabling USB tethering in the settings:
>
> # ifconfig /dev/usb0 up
> /dev/usb0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
>
> Any ideas?  I'm on Android 2.3.3.
>
> - Grant
>
>
> >>> Does anyone know if a Google Nexus One cell phone can be USB tethered
> >>> to a Gentoo system?  I use wvdial to accomplish this with other cell
> >>> phones but I've read that the Nexus One doesn't work that way because
> >>> it doesn't appear on the host system as a tty:
> >>>
> >>> http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?23,146509,147989
> >>>
> >>> There is a tethering option in the Nexus One settings but I can't
> >>> figure out how to get my Gentoo laptop to use the tethered cell
> >>> phone's internet connection.
> >>>
> >>> - Grant
> >>>
> >>
> >> If your phone is anything like my phone (G2, Gingerbread) that has the
> >> same option, you should be able to do the following (I did this on an
> Arch
> >> system late last week, never tested on Gentoo but should work):
> >> ifconfig usb0 up
> >> dhcpcd usb0
> >>
> >> That should get you online.
>
>
Drop the "/dev/" part of your ifconfig command.  ifconfig refers to devices
by their name, not their full path+name.

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