I know that we can do wired and wireless tethering using our phone as the modem/gateway. Im wondering if reversed wired tethering is possible?
I.E. i want to hook my phone up to a computer via usb, and share my computers inet connection with my phone.
possible?
Doubt it, get a wireless router instead.
i have a wireless router at home, but im looking for something like this for while im at school. my uni has very strict wireless security that doesnt allow any mobile devices (phones, psp ect) on the network.
Even then if you could, you would need to install adb which I doubt you would be have admin access to do so.
evilkorn said:
Even then if you could, you would need to install adb which I doubt you would be have admin access to do so.
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okay.. just figured i would ask...
digitaljeff said:
okay.. just figured i would ask...
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good question, had the same one here. My school's wifi is protected :/
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I hope this is the right section and that this isn't supposed to be in the apps section but it is a question that I'm asking so this seemed like a safe bet.
I know that there is an app out there that will let me use my phone as internet by tethering. But, I have to have my phone connected to my computer. Are there any apps out there where I can use the wireless on my laptop or ipod touch to connect to the internet without my phone having to be connected to them with a cord. because I can't connect my ipod touch to my phone to use internet and it would be nice to be able to leave my phone in like my pocket and just surf the internet with no cords. Does this exist yet?
Thanks for your time reading this!
Jordan
Wifi Tether
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
Fingerlickin said:
Wifi Tether
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
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one of the best apps for rooted users
how do I connect my ipod to it? it keeps saying paired but not connected.
jc1337 said:
how do I connect my ipod to it? it keeps saying paired but not connected.
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Don't have an ipod so can't tell you there, but once you start tethering on your phone it will send out the wireless signal then from there you would select the wirless connection on your pc. I would think it would be the same concept on your ipod.
supremeteam256 said:
Don't have an ipod so can't tell you there, but once you start tethering on your phone it will send out the wireless signal then from there you would select the wirless connection on your pc. I would think it would be the same concept on your ipod.
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wow. I feel retarded. I was making that so much harder than it was. Thanks. I got it!
jc1337 said:
wow. I feel retarded. I was making that so much harder than it was. Thanks. I got it!
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LOL. I'll give you a pass this time, next time you'll get flamed.
Just like the title says, I have a question about getting an internet connection for HTC Dream (using a hero rom) via USB cable.
Why? Because I don't have a wireless connection, and I just don't want to spend extra $$ just for syncing stuffs.
~blinkerz
blinkerz said:
Just like the title says, I have a question about getting an internet connection for HTC Dream (using a hero rom) via USB cable.
Why? Because I don't have a wireless connection, and I just don't want to spend extra $$ just for syncing stuffs.
~blinkerz
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PDAnet for Android will be your best bet
nolimit78 said:
PDAnet for Android will be your best bet
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Isn't PDAnet the other way around? I got internet access in my computer through my ethernet cable. I just need an internet access in my G1
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Isn't PDAnet the other way around? I got internet access in my computer through my ethernet cable. I just need an internet access in my G1
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Oh misunderstood.. hmmm yeah that's difficult. Is it a desktop or a laptop? If it's a laptop you can set it as an access point and have your G1 connect to it using WIFI.. other than that I'm out.. (again my bad!)
It's a laptop. Access point you mean ad hoc network? I tried to turn on in my laptop, but my g1 doesn't detect it.
Before i unlocked and flashed my Nexus one, it was enough to connect my Nexus one via USB to my Laptop to use laptop internet connection.
The first time i did it, Windows installed a bridge network.
Now that i am using a customer ROM (CYA 5.5.0.3), it does not work anymore.
Any idea if it is removed from the custom ROM, or if i need any kind of menu to make it to work?
Thanks in advance
Cedric
any taker?
i cannot be the only one that is interested in this basic function?
TX
Have you tried the Wireless tether application? It does the exact same thing as USB tether, but wirelessly:
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
nDrg said:
Have you tried the Wireless tether application? It does the exact same thing as USB tether, but wirelessly:
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
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Reading fail
He wants to share the PC's connection with the phone, USB tether and Wifi tether are for sharing the phones connection with the PC.
i have same requirement. because 3g signal in my N1 is very unstable. wifi as is. so i have only connect to internet via notebook. This is the biggest problem of my N1.
did anyone ever figure out if this is possible?
hi all,
I have Hero CDMA; rooted with aospMod Froyo. I am using Wireless Tether for Root users.
I have a PS3.
I can not connect my PS3 to the phone wifi tether, because it is an .. ad-hoc network.
I have heard there was a fix .. a work around ...
is there??
can anyone point me in the right direction?
This is something I would like to know, as well. I'm quite sure that you wouldn't be able to play well on it, but it would be useful for downloading system updates and maybe the odd game from the store.
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Hmm.... I wan't aware there was a fix
have you tried barnacle wifi tether It works where wifi tether doesn't. But I don't have a ps3 to test it on. also here's a lenthy video on how to do it using your pc. The guys a little slow but gets it done
user7618 said:
This is something I would like to know, as well. I'm quite sure that you wouldn't be able to play well on it, but it would be useful for downloading system updates and maybe the odd game from the store.
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i was playing black ops/ps3 yesterday on 3g. it works fine. itll work better if i increase the sci but then i may miss texts/calls.
oh, i bridge the connections on my pc, cat5 from ps3 to pc and im in.
Dan330 said:
hi all,
I have Hero CDMA; rooted with aospMod Froyo. I am using Wireless Tether for Root users.
I have a PS3.
I can not connect my PS3 to the phone wifi tether, because it is an .. ad-hoc network.
I have heard there was a fix .. a work around ...
is there??
can anyone point me in the right direction?
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Haven't felt the need to test this yet, but, if your phone is rooted, why not
use the Wireless tether app? Turns the phone into a wireless router, the PS3
should be able to connect to it as if it were a conventional router. no need
for any ad-hoc workarounds or bridged connections.
moxlon69 said:
Haven't felt the need to test this yet, but, if your phone is rooted, why not
use the Wireless tether app? Turns the phone into a wireless router, the PS3
should be able to connect to it as if it were a conventional router. no need
for any ad-hoc workarounds or bridged connections.
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No, it doesn't work.
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tailsthecat3 said:
i was playing black ops/ps3 yesterday on 3g. it works fine. itll work better if i increase the sci but then i may miss texts/calls.
oh, i bridge the connections on my pc, cat5 from ps3 to pc and im in.
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Pretty sure this is the only way known so far.
A slightly more indepth look at how to do it:
Connect your computer to your phones adhoc network, enable internet sharing on your computer and then connect your computer and xbox/ps3 with the cat5.
moxlon69 said:
Haven't felt the need to test this yet, but, if your phone is rooted, why not
use the Wireless tether app? Turns the phone into a wireless router, the PS3
should be able to connect to it as if it were a conventional router. no need
for any ad-hoc workarounds or bridged connections.
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to let you know...
all tethering apps .. are "ad-hoc" networks... that is the issue.
so no worky worky
mdhscanes24 said:
Pretty sure this is the only way known so far.
A slightly more indepth look at how to do it:
Connect your computer to your phones adhoc network, enable internet sharing on your computer and then connect your computer and xbox/ps3 with the cat5.
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ok.. that must be the only option.
I need a little more instruction here.. please.
I have a laptop. with windows XP.
where do i enable the internet sharing on it?
so, I just plug the cat5 cable in the ethernet plug and the other end to the PS3's ethernet plug.
what settings do I set on the PS3??
thanks a bunch.
I have searched this topic but they all centered on Macs or got off topic or someone gave an answer that didnt even solve the solution. So i thought i would ask myself. Is there any way to share my LAPTOPs wifi TO my DROID3???
http://bit.ly/uGGo0Q
to the poster above; i dont like smarta**es. my post said i already searched so if you found something then post a link.
to everyone else i want something via usb or bluetooth. preferably usb. i have googled it and all the results are either hardware specific, need unbunto [i have windows 7] or dont have a solution. If you ever owned a zune [who has? lol besides a few of us] or a windows phone, they can do it from stock.
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I have a bluetooth usb adapter on my laptop I am not sure how it does it but it allows me to get online with my droid 3 via the bluetooth link, I click on connect via access point and it works. Sometimes it works and sometimes the signal gets killed, but try connecting through a bluetooth usb adapter.
I know you said preferably over Bluetooth or USB but have you considered trying something like a virtual access point for your PC? It would require WIFI but you could run a software app on your PC that broadcasts as an access point that you could connect to from your phone.
You have a phone that is wifi capable, but you want to thether to your pc to use the wifi connection.
Oh and I hate smartasses too.
*I love my Droid3..f'off Samsung Captivate*
bishop0114 said:
I know you said preferably over Bluetooth or USB but have you considered trying something like a virtual access point for your PC? It would require WIFI but you could run a software app on your PC that broadcasts as an access point that you could connect to from your phone.
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i have looked at those, but i prefer usb because it does not affect the battery life of my laptop as much. thanks for the advice.
cappysw10 said:
You have a phone that is wifi capable, but you want to thether to your pc to use the wifi connection.
Oh and I hate smartasses too.
*I love my Droid3..f'off Samsung Captivate*
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yes because my laptop has the intel ultimate 6300 wireless card. it can pick up alot mroe connecttins and connect to 5ghz. My droid3 cant pick up the connections i need. offer help or please stop commenting.
thank you to the rest of you for trying to help me solve this problem. I apprieciate it alot
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I have a bluetooth usb adapter on my laptop I am not sure how it does it but it allows me to get online with my droid 3 via the bluetooth link, I click on connect via access point and it works. Sometimes it works and sometimes the signal gets killed, but try connecting through a bluetooth usb adapter.
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do you know the name of the adaptor? this sounds perfect
ASUS bluetooth adapter I got it from meritiline a couple years ago, just been using it recently. And all I did was turn on the bluetooth on my phone and it worked, didn't download any software or anything.
That's funny as he'll.
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That's funny as he'll.
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Your telling me I was just fooling around with my phone and laptop on day, and clicked on a link and boom I was online. I looked at my signal and was thinking "what the hell just happened?" lol
Ifnyou have windows 7 just install connectify
Google it (smartassingly probably just add a .com to that..)
It adds an AP virtual. That sjould not spend alot more of power as you have already wifi running.
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If you laptop has Bluetooth (It should, I thought all Intel wifi chipsets in laptops were also Bluetooth) then what you want is a PAN "Personal Area Network". I thought the basic bluetooth stack in Windows supported this out of the box. (The Toshiba BT stack I used with Windows XP did, I don't know for sure about the MS BT stack in Windows 7 though).
Then you just turn on Internet Connection Sharing for you Wifi adapter to the Bluetooth PAN adapter.
Something like that anyway. I'm going from memory on the Windows side, and assuming the Droid 3 (etc.) supports PAN on its Bluetooth setup.
Doing it with USB though is trickier. On Windows 7, my ME863 appears as a network device with IP address, but I don't know if it'd work if I simply used ICS to share a link to the device because I don't know that the phone would be looking for a DHCP server. (It _is_ a DHCP server at this point)
Are you sure your not using the phones 3g or wifi. Did you try turnin on airplane mode and seeing if you still have internet
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I just had a play, and I don't think my bluetooth solution is as easy as I'd hoped.
My Milestone 3 was able to join a PAN with my laptop and form their little adhoc network.
The best phone-side instructions I could find are at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=666988 however a look around suggests that Windows 7 ICS won't let you share a network connection _to_ a BT network. I certainly couldn't see a way, although possibly it was because my phone is exporting a default gateway, rather than because of any inherent limitation of Windows.
It's a starting point, but not a particularly promising one. Whether ICS can be made to share Internet to the bluetooth PAN or not is really the only sticking point for "possible" versus "impossible" but a root-enabled App or possibly custom ROM would be needed on the phone to move from "possible" to "easy".
cappysw10 said:
You have a phone that is wifi capable, but you want to thether to your pc to use the wifi connection.
Oh and I hate smartasses too.
*I love my Droid3..f'off Samsung Captivate*
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thank you all for all the help and feedback. im not sure if it was earlier in this thread, or another thread but someone gave me this link. and then i just saw it on the front page so i thought id post it here.
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/reverse-tethering-keeping-your-android-device-online/
its currently in development, i havent tested it on my phonhe. well i did and it said connected, but i couldnt tell if i was using 3g or not. but if any of you want to try it, give some feedback and once again thanks to you all !
TBBle said:
I just had a play, and I don't think my bluetooth solution is as easy as I'd hoped.
My Milestone 3 was able to join a PAN with my laptop and form their little adhoc network.
The best phone-side instructions I could find are at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=666988 however a look around suggests that Windows 7 ICS won't let you share a network connection _to_ a BT network. I certainly couldn't see a way, although possibly it was because my phone is exporting a default gateway, rather than because of any inherent limitation of Windows.
It's a starting point, but not a particularly promising one. Whether ICS can be made to share Internet to the bluetooth PAN or not is really the only sticking point for "possible" versus "impossible" but a root-enabled App or possibly custom ROM would be needed on the phone to move from "possible" to "easy".
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Can you/did you try setting up a network bridge w/the bluetooth adapter and whatever WAN you're using?
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Can you/did you try setting up a network bridge w/the bluetooth adapter and whatever WAN you're using?
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Just had a quick go, and it wouldn't bridge 'em.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com.../thread/84731dc8-0b23-433b-a58b-a0a2d41d93be/ suggests that a third-party Bluetooth stack would work though, just not the MS stack.