On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 8:17 PM, Liam Proven <lpro...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2 September 2016 at 14:11, Marlon Ng <guik...@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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