> You do NOT need PPP, but you do need a fairly recent kernel (>= 2.6.27 at > least, not sure of the details). You need at least CONFIG_USB_RNDIS_WLAN as > m or y. With udev and 'm' things work mostly automatically on the linux > side. On the phone you enable advanced networking (or else you will see the > phone as ttyUSB? and you will need ppp). Then you plug in and run "dmesg -c" > until things quiet down. You should see a new eth? interface. Enable > internet sharing on the phone, and you should see in "dmesg -c" that your > new ethernet interface disappears and reappears. If it does not reappear > your kernel is too old. On my gentoo box i can now start the interface like > a regular ethernet interface. I have a debian box with a kernel from > unstable where dhcp fails on the phone 'ehternet' device, so I have to do > "ip addr add" and "ip route add" manually to get the network going (somehow > the ifup command on debian prints the assigned ip and the gateway ip, gut > does not configure the device properly). Do some googling to fill in the > details, I'm not using this regularly.
Wow, thanks for the clear and thorough reply! I've recently upgraded to kernel 2.6.29.1 (i used to have 2.6.24 with several external drivers) so i should be fine. I'll give this a try asap, but since i have a day off tomorrow, i might do some fiesta tonight, in any case, i should reply soon with success or failure! Thanks again! Simon
