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[Q] Cat 5 connection? When no wifi

Probably a dumb question but can we connect the NC to a fixed line (Cat 5) internet connection. Sometimes no wifi but a wire connection is available.
Of course would need some type of USB to Cat 5 connector.
Does such a thing exist?

I don't know if you'll find what you're looking for, but i'm not ruling out the option.
Meantime, if you can access a cat5 line, and you're looking at buying hardware anyway, why not get a wireless access point?
(I am curious to see if you can do what you are asking, and I don't want this thread to die on the 'get an access point' cop out)

CAT5 Ethernet? Sure, wait until B&N redesign the NOOK and do expect another inch thicker, still want it?

I have a motorhome sitting beside my house and cannot get a wifi signal so I ran a cat5 cable out there to a cradelpoint wifi unit so I now have wifi through the coach.
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Assuming a driver is available in the kernel for the Ethernet chipset in question, you *might* be able to use something like the Wii USB-to-Ethernet adapter combined with a USB type converter. I've no idea at all what it will do to the normal network stack, but it's _theoretically_ possible.
Rodney

votinh said:
CAT5 Ethernet? Sure, wait until B&N redesign the NOOK and do expect another inch thicker, still want it?
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Actually not really, XJack.
But seriously though, ethernet on a tablet. Heh.

Defeats the purpose of a tablet. Becomes a slablet

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Defeats the purpose of a tablet. Becomes a slablet
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I just happened to see this. That is great!
FWIW, I've seen some no-name Android tablets that have a dongle which provides USB ports and an RJ45 jack for a wired ethernet connection.. Does kinda defeat the purpose of a tablet though..

scoob8000 said:
I just happened to see this. That is great!
FWIW, I've seen some no-name Android tablets that have a dongle which provides USB ports and an RJ45 jack for a wired ethernet connection.. Does kinda defeat the purpose of a tablet though..
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Not at all, it would be great to be able to use my Nook to configure Routers and program firmware, maybe even to use the Nook for some tethering. I would be able to finally get rid of my battery sucking, heat factory of a UMPC.
If anyone finds a way to get a usb Ethernet adapter working with the Nook please so share.

joenathane said:
Not at all, it would be great to be able to use my Nook to configure Routers and program firmware, maybe even to use the Nook for some tethering. I would be able to finally get rid of my battery sucking, heat factory of a UMPC.
If anyone finds a way to get a usb Ethernet adapter working with the Nook please so share.
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Didn't even think about it that way.
I know they got Ubuntu running on the NC (Not sure how well). Surely there is a wired usb nic that supports Ubuntu. I'm thinking that might be the best way.
I just bought my NC, should be here in a few days. I might just have to play with this..

What about Dalingrin's Nook Tweeks app? Using 'USB Settings > USB Host Mode' can we possibly attach a USB NIC?
I have not played with the USB Host Mode just yet, but I know I got excited when I saw it

Just wanted to link to [webcam support] USB Host support that YOU can try (now in nightlies)...some interesting discussion going on over there too....

Not too sure if I understood correctly your current setup, hopefully I won't recommend you something you have already done/thought about.
For the moment, a quick an easy way would be to plug a wireless router at the end of the network cable and then setup the wireless network. You could then connect to that wireless router with your nook.
Basically, it would look like this (inline text doesn't make a good illustration, but it's better than nothing)...
Router 1 ------(network cable)---------Router 2)))))))(wifi wave)))))))Nook
Sure you will need to setup the router correctly, but it's still very easy to do.

will pwnedcast ROM eventually allow for usb ethernet connection?

I'd love the feature to use my usb ethernet adapter as the main connection for chromecast as it'd help with local streaming and maybe eliminate wireless latency issues

Well, it's been said there is HEC support to get HDMI Ethernet channel. Unfortunately, after a full afternoon of searching, you can't just make a cable. It's a separate protocol and you'd need a chip to translate the RJ 45 into HEC.
Not only that, I seriously doubt those chips are available to purchase in quantities less than 1000
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Yeah HEC seems a bit overkill...
USB Ethernet adapter seems slightly more accessible, though only certain chipsets would be supported, and that's assuming there's enough RAM/storage and USB OTG doesn't dumb-down the USB connection any.
For example, my Toshiba Thrive (AT100) has support for a certain vendor's USB Ethernet adapter built into the stock ROM. Very convenient to maximum network bandwidth when I'm using it as a secondary display via iDisplay.

Well, dddtg and I were having the conversation yesterday and it seems the eth0 is supposed to be for HEC
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Well that has some good potential then!
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How so?
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At least there may bet possibility of * something * in the future. Better than no mention at all.
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kawaiichi said:
I'd love the feature to use my usb ethernet adapter as the main connection for chromecast as it'd help with local streaming and maybe eliminate wireless latency issues
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as mentioned, me and tchebb believe the chromecast has built in support for HEC networking, as not only does the hardware support it, but a ethernet interface is active on each chromecast with a unique MAC address. We currently do not have the hardware to test it, so it can not be confirmed at this time.
As for USB Ethernet support with a OTG cable, at this time it is not possible. A few things would be required first for it to work:
Enable the USB Interface in the Stock OS with a custom kernel
have the proper driver compiled and added to the kernel, or loaded as a module
Make sure that all binaries in the chromecast could utilize the wired interface
The first part would not be too bad, but the issue is on part 2 and 3. There are many different manufacturers for USB Ethernet Adapters, and to compile and add every single one of their drivers would take loads of space and time.
As for part 3, all of googles binaries, while most open source, require propitiatory binaries that only Marvell can hand out, and as we don't have them if any of the applications are directly linked to the wired interface, there is no way we could easily force them to use a wired interface.
So tl;dr is it possible? yes. Is it easy or worth the work? not really. It would be best to just use HEC if its enabled.

Marvell?? Oh god
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How so?
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Well if a full HEC support was realized it could allow the Chromecast to serve as the Internet connection for all other Network aware devices that are HEC compliant in the home Entertainment system....
OR (and much more likely) Would allow Chromecast to use a wired connection from one of the other devices in the Home Entertainment system as it's primary Network access point.
The goal of HEC is suppose to be that only one device in the HDMI chain actually needs to be connected to the Net, The rest would all connect via HDMI instead.
But if you ask me it's probably a pipe dream to ever see it reach it's intended goal.

External wifi chips for monitor mode

I bought a samsung tab 3 8.0 about 4 months ago and was disipointed when there was no support for monitor mode(rooted already) so i was wondering is there any external wifi chips that connect through micro usb and have support for monitor mode?

androidhacker007 said:
I bought a samsung tab 3 8.0 about 4 months ago and was disipointed when there was no support for monitor mode(rooted already) so i was wondering is there any external wifi chips that connect through micro usb and have support for monitor mode?
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I don't have the Tab 3 8.0 but on other platforms I target, I use 2 dongles based on RTL8187B chipsets they do both monitor, and injection, they are very well supported and at most all you require is the kernel modules for your platform. I built them out-of-tree with minimal work. I am sure their are many more chipsets others prefer but I use what I know works for me. a little googling will show you what dongles contain this chipset, I pulled the covers off mine to integrate them or I would get you the specific ones I use with great success.
BinaryDroid

Thanks but and this my fault for not stating it but I was more talking about having USB otg connected and then connect a USB external WiFi chip to that. The wifi chip I have is the Alfa AWUS036NHA.
So what I want to know is if I go buy a USB otg adapter will it work. As far as I know the Alfa AWUS036NHA has support for Linux(drivers) and android is linux . so would I need these drivers and if so how do I install them? And anther thing is, if this works and is recognized how would I put the chip into monitor mode(with terminal eliminator, could use other methods but terminal eliminator is preferred)?
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androidhacker007 said:
Thanks but and this my fault for not stating it but I was more talking about having USB otg connected and then connect a USB external WiFi chip to that. The wifi chip I have is the Alfa AWUS036NHA.
So what I want to know is if I go buy a USB otg adapter will it work. As far as I know the Alfa AWUS036NHA has support for Linux(drivers) and android is linux . so would I need these drivers and if so how do I install them? And anther thing is, if this works and is recognized how would I put the chip into monitor mode(with terminal eliminator, could use other methods but terminal eliminator is preferred)?
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IDK i am here a little late or not but i dont have a 8.0 but a 10.1 version and we was working on it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal.../dis-android-kernel-modding-gt-p52xx-t3052321 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2727771 . It work well but you will need some extra work on kernel modding and also chmod linux onto your device. Give it a try!

[Q] OTG (on the go) Drive support

So far I have been unsuccessful in mounting an external OTG drive with my N6. Has anyone been able to use an OTG drive? If so, can you help me figure out why I cant seem to get mine (multiple drives) to be recognized? I don't have an issue with it being recognized in other devices with Lollipop.

I'm getting frustraded with the same exact issue....also what about mhl adapter?
I'm getting frustraded with the same exact issue....also what about mhl adapter support? Has anybody gotten usb otg and or an mhl afapter to work with tge nexus 6 yet? If wo can you list the specifics of how it was achieved, thanks.

I don't think the stock kernel supports OTG. Just wait till someone releases a custom kernel that supports it (hopefully).

What about mhl adapters? Chromecast works great for screen mirroring but sometimes its easier and more convenient to use mhl.

Everything I've seen, mhl and slimport are confirmed not supported

If you have to do it ....chromecast is 25$ at Walmart black Friday sale

ggfb20 said:
I'm getting frustraded with the same exact issue....also what about mhl adapter support? Has anybody gotten usb otg and or an mhl afapter to work with tge nexus 6 yet? If wo can you list the specifics of how it was achieved, thanks.
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If you are rooted, go to the Play Store and get Stickmount.......works great......https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.stickmount

JoeJags said:
If you are rooted, go to the Play Store and get Stickmount.......works great......https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.stickmount
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^^^THIS
Confirmed working for me as well. If you're not rooted, you can try "Nexus Media Importer". That's worked for me in the past on devices that were bone stock.

I was able to use ES file explorer to see USB content. Just swipe right, press local and it should show a USB device. This was on an unrooted N6
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edd247 said:
I was able to use ES file explorer to see USB content. Just swipe right, press local and it should show a USB device. This was on an unrooted N6
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Good to know!
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I got a keyboard to work with my USB otg cable

I got a flash drive working via USB OTG, but only through ES File Explorer, Solid Explorer didn't recognize the flash drive. Has to be formatted as FAT32 or NTFS, exFAT didn't work.
I'm going to give Stickmount a try to see if other apps will recognize flash drives.

I'm using Stickmount with Root Explorer. Works fine with an exFAT formatted usb thumb drive.

edd247 said:
I was able to use ES file explorer to see USB content. Just swipe right, press local and it should show a USB device. This was on an unrooted N6
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meant to reply yesterday and say this It also works I agree. cant wait until its in a kernel

I'm not rooted and was able to get OTG working using the Nexus Media Importer app. ES File Explorer could see the USB connection, but wouldn't see the files on the drive for me.
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Nexus Media Importer worked just fine after a reboot, and it allows for reading usb device files, not sure about writing to usb but I only needed to read them, thanks. I'm not rooted btw.

Stickmount was the key!!! Thanks!
64gb external storage!!! Woohoo! TiBu has a new home! Now to see if recovery can see it...
BTW, I am rooted, just looking for a place to store backups and sneaker net files in and out...

I have been using this with my Nexus 5/6... I forgot how much I paid but well worth the money with a cheap OTG cable.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kyuudroid.nexususbotgfilemanager
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I got OTG to work on the store display model at T-Mobile (one employee let me try my otg cable with my flash drive he set up a playstore account and i downloaded the app otg disk lite free) just need to download otg disk lite app from the play store to get USB support but I can confirm it works
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Hi guys,
Does the N6 need a Y-cable for extra power like the Nexus 4 did or it's a simple USB to microUSB connection? I have such a Y-cable from my N4 period and I was wondering whether I need to connect the extra power or not. Reason is I don't seem to get the usb otg working fully:
So, I can see the drive's contents through ES File Explorer but not through MortPlayer (folder music player). Whatismore, the drive does not show up in "Storage" after my SD as it did in my Nexus 4 so I am guessing it's not fully "mounted" ? My main reason behind using usb otg is playing music from my usb flash but my favorite player (MortPlayer) does not seem to pick up the drive as it did on the Nexus 4.
I am rooted and I use Sticmount to mount the flash drive... any ideas?

Ethernet settings

Hi folks,
Just bought an Ethernet OTG adapter.
My phone recognize the device but it doesn't give me any settings to configure the standard Ethernet protocol.
With 'ifconfig' in terminal emulator I can see the correct port (eth0) but any modifications (e.g. 'ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.4 netmask 255.255.255.0") obviously lock me out with a "permission denied".
I know for sure that the otg device have DHCP capabilities, but I need to set a static IP address in a link local region with 169.254.X.X/16 address and 255.255.0.0 netmask.
I'm connecting directly to a specific device that need this parameters.
Thank you

Google says:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions...rnet-on-rooted-galaxy-s7-using-only-a-micro-u
https://androidforums.com/threads/a...-with-ethernet-adapter-does-not-work.1095856/
It might be that the ethernet drivers are half baked(for all adapters, or just yours) and nothing works...

andrei80 said:
Google says:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions...rnet-on-rooted-galaxy-s7-using-only-a-micro-u
https://androidforums.com/threads/a...-with-ethernet-adapter-does-not-work.1095856/
It might be that the ethernet drivers are half baked(for all adapters, or just yours) and nothing works...
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The major problem is that there isn't even the "ethernet" settings in the settings page of the phone.
And as said, configuring eth0 through terminal emulator, requires root.

andrei80 said:
Google says:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions...rnet-on-rooted-galaxy-s7-using-only-a-micro-u
https://androidforums.com/threads/a...-with-ethernet-adapter-does-not-work.1095856/
It might be that the ethernet drivers are half baked(for all adapters, or just yours) and nothing works...
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The major problem is that there isn't even the "ethernet" settings in the settings page of the phone.
And as said, configuring eth0 through terminal emulator requires root.

no answer on this? i just bought a docking station for my p30 pro (realizing i can actually have a decent desktop wherever i go), everything is indeed working but i definitely need ethernet settings which are non-existing anywhere in the EMUI
edit: i don't want to root my phone, i use it daily and i cant use some apps on a rooted device

Hi guys !
I just wanted to know for a Huawei P20 pro, is there a possibility of configuring the ethernet IP address and Netmask when connecting to RJ45 adapter ?. It works fine when connecting to the router. I just want to connect it to a car's OBD port and I have to set the IP and Netmask manually to accomplish that. I noticed that, eathernet configuration is available on Samsung and OnePlus phones but it's not with Huawei. We have only one option which is selecting RNDIS (eathernet) in devleloper options.

matijar said:
no answer on this? i just bought a docking station for my p30 pro (realizing i can actually have a decent desktop wherever i go), everything is indeed working but i definitely need ethernet settings which are non-existing anywhere in the EMUI
edit: i don't want to root my phone, i use it daily and i cant use some apps on a rooted device
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You can use all your apps on rooted phone through Magisk manager

Wiz992 said:
Hi guys !
I just wanted to know for a Huawei P20 pro, is there a possibility of configuring the ethernet IP address and Netmask when connecting to RJ45 adapter ?. It works fine when connecting to the router. I just want to connect it to a car's OBD port and I have to set the IP and Netmask manually to accomplish that. I noticed that, eathernet configuration is available on Samsung and OnePlus phones but it's not with Huawei. We have only one option which is selecting RNDIS (eathernet) in devleloper options.
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I am having the same problem. I got p20 pro, tecknet adapter and enet obd cable. I want to connect bimmercode with car. Have you fin any solution?

Ramzy_21 said:
ving the same problem. I got p2
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Ramzy_21 said:
I am having the same problem. I got p20 pro, tecknet adapter and enet obd cable. I want to connect bimmercode with car. Have you fin any solution?
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Dear,
There's no chance of configuring the Ethernet IP address on P20 pro, even if it's rooted which is very hard to get bootloader unlock code nowadays. My need for configured Ethernet connection is similar to yours. I wanted for Bootmod3 and XHP flashtool. So, i gave up and bought cheap Samsung (A12) and it did the job. I'd suggest you to go for Samsung of a recent model. Make sure it supports Ethernet before buying which can be found on Settings>connections>more connection settings. Its a better option than buying the wireless adaptor, because you'll be able access all the BMW tuning and coding apps from one device. Knowing that, the price is almost the same.
In case you bought Samsung of USB-C 2.0, note that, USB-C 3.1 to RJ-45 adaptor will not be recognised by the phone. It has to be 2.0
Phones that have the option of configuring ethernet IP address that i know of:
-Samsung
-I phone
All the best !

I have the same problem. I bought an adapter and I cannot set the ip of the adapter statically. The same adapter on the Samsung phone has the same option as in the screenshots. Someone handled it? I am using a p40 pro where root is impossible. I support Samsung without any problems: /