On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Grant <emailgr...@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.
