On Thursday 16 Jun 2011 23:13:28 Allan Gottlieb wrote: > On Thu, Jun 16 2011, Mick wrote: > > On Thursday 16 Jun 2011 15:38:30 Allan Gottlieb wrote: > >> I have an htc incredible and want to use it to act as a modem for my > >> gentoo laptop. [snip...]
> >> I haven't seen any howtos for tethering directly with gentoo. > > > > I don't have your phone to provide detailed instructions, but this is how > > I have tethered phones in the past to connect to the Internet using IrDA > > or Bluetooth. > > thanks for the information. The forum post paul sent me too claims that > this is very easy with a usb connection. But to date, I haven't got it > working. Others definitely have so there is probably something wrong > with configuration (quite possible the kernel). > > thanks again, > allan Well, what I'm suggesting should also work with a usb connection (instead of bluetooth or IrDA) but unlike what is suggested in the forum I would not think that it needs the particular MSWindows usb modem driver to create a virtual ethernet interface. Unless that is the phone is locked down in its firmware and will not run DUN - over bluetooth you would use 'sdptool browse <MAC_address> to find out what services the phone offers. I think that Linux *should* be able to manage the connection directly over ppp, using what ever usb device udev creates when you connect your phone. However, I don't have access to such phone to try it out on this end. Good luck. :-) -- Regards, Mick
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