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> You do NOT need PPP, but you do need a fairly recent kernel (>= 2.6.27 at |
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> least, not sure of the details). You need at least CONFIG_USB_RNDIS_WLAN as |
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> m or y. With udev and 'm' things work mostly automatically on the linux |
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> side. On the phone you enable advanced networking (or else you will see the |
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> phone as ttyUSB? and you will need ppp). Then you plug in and run "dmesg -c" |
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> until things quiet down. You should see a new eth? interface. Enable |
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> internet sharing on the phone, and you should see in "dmesg -c" that your |
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> new ethernet interface disappears and reappears. If it does not reappear |
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> your kernel is too old. On my gentoo box i can now start the interface like |
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> a regular ethernet interface. I have a debian box with a kernel from |
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> unstable where dhcp fails on the phone 'ehternet' device, so I have to do |
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> "ip addr add" and "ip route add" manually to get the network going (somehow |
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> the ifup command on debian prints the assigned ip and the gateway ip, gut |
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> does not configure the device properly). Do some googling to fill in the |
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> details, I'm not using this regularly. |
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Wow, thanks for the clear and thorough reply! |
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I've recently upgraded to kernel 2.6.29.1 (i used to have 2.6.24 with |
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several external drivers) so i should be fine. |
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I'll give this a try asap, but since i have a day off tomorrow, i |
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might do some fiesta tonight, in any case, i should reply soon with |
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success or failure! |
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Thanks again! Simon |
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