On Tuesday 03 May 2011 22:48:45 Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 23:19 on Tuesday 03 May 2011, Neil Bothwick > > did opine thusly: > > On Tue, 3 May 2011 13:21:06 -0700, Grant wrote: > > > There is a tethering option in the Nexus One settings but I can't > > > figure out how to get my Gentoo laptop to use the tethered cell > > > phone's internet connection. > > > > I never tried tethering mine over USB, because the WiFi tethering is so > > simple to use. You just turn it on and the phone appears as an > > access point in Wicd (or any inferior network manager you may > > masochistically prefer). > > Hello Neil, > > Had some bad experiences with NetworkManager then?
'Google' says to root the darn thing and patch it: http://www.dbuggr.com/milly/steps-enable-google-nexus-htc-modem-android- tethering/ http://www.mahalo.com/how-to-tether-your-nexus-one/ but I'm not sure how dangerous this might be (I don't have a google phone to try it). -- Regards, Mick
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