[lubuntu-users] usb tethering not working?

[Marlon Ng]

On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 8:17 PM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2 September 2016 at 14:11, Marlon Ng <guikaye at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> I honestly see no point in having a $300-$600 self-powered wifi
> adaptor which requires an app and manual setup when they are so cheap.
>
> https://www.google.com/search?output=search&tbm=shop&q=usb+
> wifi+dongle&oq=usb+wifi+dongle&gs_l=products-cc.3..
> 0l5.675.675.0.1000.1.1.0.0.0.0.74.74.1.1.0....0...1ac.2.64.
> products-cc..0.1.73.sQFpBRti1RI#tbs=vw:l,mr:1,cat:
> 290,pdtr0:734889%7C734890,pdtr1:709607%7C709608,price:1,
> ppr_max:15&tbm=shop&q=usb+wifi
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but most wifi adapters  don't work in linux,
right?  Or at least where I'm from, it's very rare if at all that I see
wifi adapters that work in linux, and I HAVE been looking around.  I'm also
hesitant to order online.  Also, you might say I can use ndiswrapper, but
ndiswrapper can be very unstable sometimes.
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