Hello, 2013/11/26 Zenaan Harkness <z...@freedbms.net>
> Setting up a laptop workstation for a friend, who uses internet via an > sgs2 (samsung galaxy sII). Never have I tethered before. > > I've installed wheezy+xfce on a thinkpad r500. > > Been searching a bit, eg "network tethering site:debian.org" and others. > > apt-cache search tether gives > entangle - Tethered Camera Control & Capture > ipheth-utils - USB tethering driver support utilities for the iPhone > (I'm on sid) > > Also apt-cache search'ed for samsung. > > Have not yet attached the phone (via usb), just doing some research, > and seeking some feedback and/ or recommendations (eg "just install > network-manager" or some such). > > for tethering you shouln't need a package at all: on phone side you should be able setup USB debugging mode (permanently) and enable tethering after the phone has been connected to the Linux machine. BR, Roland
