Hi.
On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 19:45:50 +0000
Ron Leach <ronle...@tesco.net> wrote:
> After further testing, this would never be possible in wicd.
Why bother yourself with an inferior network configurator (wicd), then
you have superior one (ifupdown) already?
> # ifup usb0
> replies with
> "Ignoring unknown interface usb0=usb0."
That's only means that you lack usb0 definition
in /etc/network/interfaces.
> #ifconfig usb0
> replies with
> "usb0"
> and a table of
> "[Ethernet type, a MAC address, MTU 1500, and several lines of tx and
> rx parameters, all zero.]"
And that means you've done the easy part of configuration of tethering.
You plug the phone - kernel provides you an unconfigured network
interface.
The hard part is to setup an appropriate routing to the outside world on
your phone.
> In my experience, it would seem that USB tethering, at least for the
> first time, is not possible just by plugging it in to Wheezy/XFCE, and
> doing
> ifup usb0
>
> Something else perhaps must also be needed. Maybe something else
> needs setting up.
You need to configure /etc/network/interfaces. Something along the
lines of (assuming you've already setup DHCP server on your phone):
allow-hotplug usb0
iface usb0 inet dhcp
or something along the lines of (if you don't):
allow-hotplug usb0
iface usb0 inet static
address x.x.x.x
netmask x.x.x.x
gateway x.x.x.x
dns-nameservers x.x.x.x
or, if you're really need it (ipv6):
allow-hotplug usb0
iface usb0 inet6 static
address x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x
netmask x
'allow-hotplug' stanza should tell udev to configure usb0 interface
once you've plugged your phone, and deconfigure it once you'll unplug
it.
Reco
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