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From: Indi <thebeelzebubtrigger@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Tether a Google Nexus One?
Date: Wed, 04 May 2011 10:15:24
Message-Id: 20110504101334.GA10830@gaurahari
1 On Wed, May 04, 2011 at 12:00:02AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
2 > Apparently, though unproven, at 23:19 on Tuesday 03 May 2011, Neil Bothwick
3 > did opine thusly:
4 >
5 > > On Tue, 3 May 2011 13:21:06 -0700, Grant wrote:
6 > > > There is a tethering option in the Nexus One settings but I can't
7 > > > figure out how to get my Gentoo laptop to use the tethered cell
8 > > > phone's internet connection.
9 > >
10 > > I never tried tethering mine over USB, because the WiFi tethering is so
11 > > simple to use. You just turn it on and the phone appears as an
12 > > access point in Wicd (or any inferior network manager you may
13 > > masochistically prefer).
14 >
15 > Hello Neil,
16 >
17 > Had some bad experiences with NetworkManager then?
18 >
19
20 The CLI and wpa_supplicant have yet to let me down.
21 Network manager and wicd were both incredibly frustrating
22 and buggy, last I tried them (~ a year ago).
23
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