On 06/04/2022 05:02 PM, Ben Koenig wrote:
It is USB tethering. There are a handful of hotspot devices that include
the driver stack necessary to bring up a USB-to-ethernet adapter
That seems a fair description. Elsewhere I've described my view of it as
being a dial-up modem capable of dialing only one number.
but most just act as a client controller and let the user's laptop drive.
This actually came up recently at work so I tested a few different hotspots
for compatibility reasons.
If he successfully installed debian on the device
*NO*!
Debian is being installed on one of my laptops.
*NOTE BENE*
In my original post, when I said
I am trying to install Debian 11.3 [requires non-free firmware]
I was referring to non-free drivers required by the laptop's internal
wifi. As I view wifi as being intrinsically insecure, I have considered
it fortunate that a default Debian CANNOT connect connect to the wifi
chip in ANY of my laptops. This specific laptop will be used in an
environment that requires wifi.
then chances are he wiped out all of that functionality. This isn't something
to troubleshoot - it's going to be broken because he blew away the OS and all
the settings that go with it.
USB connections on hotspot devices are very software centric. They are Android
devices that allow for multiple USB modes as defined through the user interface.
If you wipe out the android OS then you'll lose all of the tethering
functionality
that existed previously.
I have not observed that to be true of this device.
-Ben
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On Saturday, June 4th, 2022 at 1:27 PM, Robert Citek <[email protected]>
wrote:
Smells like tethering.
I do that often, just not with that equipment.
To any connected host, it should look like just another Ethernet over USB
connection.
Is that what you are doing?
What issues are you having?
Regards,
- Robert
On Sat, Jun 4, 2022 at 12:53 PM Richard Owlett [email protected] wrote:
On 06/04/2022 12:37 PM, Russell Senior wrote:
I don't have one, so I can't help in the way you are requesting, but
because as a volunteer I don't feel constrained by your constraints, I
will
ask anyway: If Wifi turned off, how are you connected to the hotspot?
As intended by the manufacturer <grin>
It connects to:
host via USB
internet via cell network
others via WiFi
I assume you are installing debian on a computer and not on the hotspot.
View "hotspot" as a fancy modem.
On Sat, Jun 4, 2022, 10:07 Richard Owlett [email protected] wrote:
I am using an Alcatel Linkzone sold by T-Mobile.
It is labeled "4G LTE HotSpot.
The WiFi has been turned off via the device's setup menu.
Is anyone on this list using that device? ?? ???? ;}
I am trying to install Debian 11.3
[requires non-free firmware]
I have succeeded. ROFL ;/
BUT I'm trying to document encountered problems.
I'm developing a test procedure to be the basis of a "bug report".
I am looking for a fellow Linkzone user to be a QC checkpoint.
Takers &/or comments.
TIA
