You didn't provide this at first, but you are using an Android phone
"Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 5G", which has at least Android 12.
Depending on the Linux kernel of the phone, rndis may be disabled.
If you don't see urndis* in dmesg, that probably means that Android will
use ethernet over usb, which is not supported on OpenBSD.
If you cannot use the phone as wireless access point, a workaround is
getting a usb to ethernet adapter for the android phone and then
connecting the ethernet cable to the computer (may require another
adapter if you have a laptop which do not has an ethernet port).
Let us know if that was the case.
-- d4
See also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNDIS#Controversy
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/
On 6/14/26 1:41 AM, badli al rashid wrote:
Hi Dan,
On the linux distro, the file transfer suddenly stop working. i have to
check with OpenBSD but the usb tethering and file tranafer does not work.
Thank you.
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On Sun, Jun 14, 2026, 05:54 Dan Jones <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
If you are using an iPhone connected via USB, the driver does not
exist in OpenBSD. Some Android devices have urndis, but I do not
know how universal that is. Regardless, if you attach the phone via a
USB and you do not see a new network device, you'll need to stick with
wireless tethering.
On Sat, Jun 13, 2026 at 10:47 AM Kirill A. Korinsky
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 13 Jun 2026 07:44:10 +0200,
> badli al rashid <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> > i just downloaded Openbsd 7.9, i am looking for a openbsd
documentation/faq
> > for usb tethering.
> >
> > wlWhen i connect the device, it detects as ugen1 and identify
my mobile
> > device correctly.
> >
> > Whwn i do an ifconfig there is no urndis network detected.
> >
> > Anyone can provide somehelp ?
> >
>
> I think you should shared the device name or related string from
dmesg.
>
> --
> wbr, Kirill
>
