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On Tuesday 03 May 2011 22:48:45 Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> Apparently, though unproven, at 23:19 on Tuesday 03 May 2011, Neil Bothwick |
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> did opine thusly: |
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> > On Tue, 3 May 2011 13:21:06 -0700, Grant wrote: |
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> > > There is a tethering option in the Nexus One settings but I can't |
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> > > figure out how to get my Gentoo laptop to use the tethered cell |
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> > > phone's internet connection. |
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> > |
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> > I never tried tethering mine over USB, because the WiFi tethering is so |
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> > simple to use. You just turn it on and the phone appears as an |
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> > access point in Wicd (or any inferior network manager you may |
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> > masochistically prefer). |
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> Hello Neil, |
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> Had some bad experiences with NetworkManager then? |
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'Google' says to root the darn thing and patch it: |
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http://www.dbuggr.com/milly/steps-enable-google-nexus-htc-modem-android- |
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tethering/ |
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http://www.mahalo.com/how-to-tether-your-nexus-one/ |
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but I'm not sure how dangerous this might be (I don't have a google phone to |
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try it). |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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