[lubuntu-users] usb tethering not working?
Marlon Ng
guikaye at gmail.com
Fri Sep 2 12:11:28 UTC 2016
On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 12:31 AM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 29 August 2016 at 10:54, Marlon Ng <guikaye at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Not sure what you mean by that. Apps on the phone? I don't use wvdial.
> I
> > just turn on wifi on the phone, connect it to the desktop computer, go to
> > settings of the phone, the tick usb tethering, that's it
>
>
> Hang on. That makes no sense.
>
> *Either* use USB *or* Wifi but not both.
>
> The purpose of USB tethering is for the PC to use the phone's mobile
> data connection.
>
> It's not for using the phone's wifi: use the computer's own wifi.
>
This is how I do it, and I've been doing it for years.
(This is with my samsung smart phone, bought 2011, rooted, and has an app
called Wired Tether, not available in Playstore, I think)
I turn on wifi of phone. I plug the phone to USB port of desktop
computer. I run the Wired Tether app, and now the desktop computer has
internet connection, and I can pretty much do anything online--surf,
youtube, download, access files from another desktop running Windows 7
(thanks to cifs-utils)
I understand what you're saying, but based on my experience, I have to
disagree with you that the purpose of USB tethering is for the PC to use
the phone's mobile data connection. I very seldom use mobile data
connection as that would be expensive. I assure you that I always use the
phone's wifi so my desktop can connect to the internet.
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