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Droid Tethering

bthoward said:
Unfortunately it only works in Windows! We need a solution for Linux users!
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You should be able to do Bluetooth DUN. Get the pdanet beta (2.11) from here: PdaNet for Android

Sync your phone and computer, use 123 as the number to dial and leave the user/password blank.

For DUN you don't need specific software on your computer, just support for it on the os side.

If you're using ubuntu this might be a good start: Ubuntu DUN Instructions
 
knickerbocker said:
That is true. I guess I always assume someone has a windows machine.

If all you have a is a mac, I assume you have an iPhone and don't care.

If you have a linux box, I am guessing you are the kind of person that at least has Windows running on a partition.
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Wrong. Many Linux users are good enough at using Linux that they see no reason what-so-ever to have a Windows box around. I don't have one in the house and this is a house with 5 computers running (including one that runs my television as a full DVR with web based scheduling automatic commercial skip and anything else a person might want...) All that and not a single drop of Windows needed.
 
Getting good speeds from my Droid tethered to my Win7 laptop. (Tethered right now).

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Never got half that speed using my old WinMo phone. The Droid is a beast.
 


That's droid tethered through Fios with phone on wifi through router....I'm sure that's why it's faster then if I was on 3g but cool nonetheless.
 
johnkzin said:
An understandable, but not valid, assumption. I know lots of mac owners who don't have, and don't want, an iPhone. For one, there's that "anything without a keyboard sucks a*s" truism. Then there's the "Macs are open enough, but the iPhone is not" perspective.



Some people use Linux exactly to avoid running Windows at all.

In fact, I'm in both of those categories. I have Mac and Linux systems, but refuse to run Windows. I kicked that disease 10 years ago, and have no desire to be re-infected.
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Disease, 10 years ago sure...but Windows 7 is amazing. Runs better than a MAC OS on a MAC. Read some Macworld.


I guess you can live without tethering and stop bitching on these forums about your device that doesn't support a few things though. Basing your life around Linux and MAC you are used to it! Its just annoying to read constantly people complaining about new technology and minor quirks..that should be expected.

@Droiddoes why does my phone not make my bed and toast my breakfast for me!?
@Me there is a widget for that.

My Verizon rep told me that tethering was coming in an update. He could be wrong, they are known for that...but I wouldn't see why they would want to permanently disable a feature so great for the customer and their income.
 
Currently tethering off 3G directly to computer via USB cable. No problems what so over decent speeds. Using PdaNet app on Moto Droid and IBM laptop with windows XP SP3
 
nerdstaz said:
My Verizon rep told me that tethering was coming in an update. He could be wrong, they are known for that...but I wouldn't see why they would want to permanently disable a feature so great for the customer and their income.
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Verizon is bringing tethering to the Droid... just not for free (rumored $30 more a month).

If they do they would have reason to disable PDANet since it would be eating into their monthly revenue. Then again if they want to start locking down aspects of the phone why the hell did they go with an Android phone in the first place? Surely they know that Android is an open-source platform.
 
PDANet has been around a long time for smart phones (I've been using for years on WinMo & Palm), and it's always worked irrespective of the carrier's "policies" about tethering (or thereof), and by design, it just works regardless.

As long as you don't abuse the functionality (eg. use it to replace your broadband connection at home / work), and stay well under monthly data caps, you should be fine.
 
blakepilot said:
Does anyone know of a way to bluetooth tether it?
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the thing about bluetooth tethering is not only a security thing--you will also get much slower speeds with bluetooth. BT simply doesn't have the bandwidth to do the full speed, so it will be slower.

I have Snow Leopard, and use DUN for short periods of time... or if i'm bored, etc, i reboot into windows 7 with bootcamp. I don't know if this works with VMWare Fusion or Parallels. but it does with BC.
 
overcaffein8d said:
I have Snow Leopard, and use DUN for short periods of time... or if i'm bored, etc, i reboot into windows 7 with bootcamp. I don't know if this works with VMWare Fusion or Parallels. but it does with BC.
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Do you use DUN with Snow Leopard and the Droid? If so, how? I also use BC, but need to tether with OSX.
 
wildbill said:
Do you use DUN with Snow Leopard and the Droid? If so, how? I also use BC, but need to tether with OSX.
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There was a separate thread about this, but basically you install the pdanet app on your phone, open it and click "enable bluetooth connection" then set up the DUN in network preferences (under system preferences) to dial "123" with no user or password.

As far as reliability, it's pretty sketchy. Not all sites load for some reason.

this should get you started:
smilepak said:
How To Tether via Bluetooth - Motorola Droid - How To Tether via Bluetooth
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My Motorola driver updated this morning, hopefully my connection problems while tethering will be fixed!

64 bit Vista..

And yeah, I've done all the PdaNet updates.. :D
 
johnkzin said:
Some people use Linux exactly to avoid running Windows at all.

In fact, I'm in both of those categories. I have Mac and Linux systems, but refuse to run Windows. I kicked that disease 10 years ago, and have no desire to be re-infected.
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Same here. So I'm looking for a tethering solution for Linux clients.
 
chris.h said:
You should be able to do Bluetooth DUN. Get the pdanet beta (2.11) from here: PdaNet for Android

Sync your phone and computer, use 123 as the number to dial and leave the user/password blank.

For DUN you don't need specific software on your computer, just support for it on the os side.

If you're using ubuntu this might be a good start: Ubuntu DUN Instructions
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Thanks. Missed your post previously. I also found a few other options:

The Android Market features a few tethering applications, so it should be easy to use your Android phone as a wireless modem. Well, that's how the theory goes, anyway. In practice, however, these applications require root access to your phone's system, so you have to "root" your phone before you can tether it. Rooting an Android phone is not for the faint of heart, though, and there is the ever-present risk of bricking your device. Meet Proxoid, a proxy server application that lets you use your phone as a modem without hacking its system. Making Proxoid work does require a few steps, but the entire process is simple enough even for uninitiated users. Here is how to make Proxoid work with an Ubuntu-based system.
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Details here:
Tether an Android Phone Using Proxoid - Linux Magazine Online


More links:
download the Android SDK and install Proxoid
install OpenVPN and AziLink
use adb forward to forward a port for a proxy server
put shell scripts on your phone
 
To anyone interested or using free tethering.

It's not worth it if Verizon catches you. If Verizon catches you tethering illegally you are charged their pay as you go data charges at $1.99 a MB. I've heard multiple horror stories of people getting caught and having $5000+ in data charges. the sad thing is Verizon doesn't do much to help you on this unless you are a large, 300+ line, account. So if you get caught and charged, your account, with all lines on it are suspended until the bill is payed.

Even if you dont get caught Verizon doesnt like losing money. If their data usage is increasing so will their cost for a data package.

Dont steal it hurts all of us.
 
Wakey said:
My Motorola driver updated this morning, hopefully my connection problems while tethering will be fixed!

64 bit Vista..

And yeah, I've done all the PdaNet updates.. :D
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The new driver changed nothing but this appears to have fixed my problem!


On Vista when connecting PdaNet crashes and gives me an error "PdaNetPC.exe has stopped working".

You got this error because some necessary system services have been turned off on your computer after Vista/XP is installed (either by you or by your system administrator) and PdaNet is not allowed to create a dialup connection. To fix this, go to Control Panel on your computer, select Administrative Tools then Services and turn back on all the Dialup or Remote connection related services (In particular one named "Remote Access Service").
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rockstar323 said:
To anyone interested or using free tethering.

It's not worth it if Verizon catches you. If Verizon catches you tethering illegally you are charged their pay as you go data charges at $1.99 a MB. I've heard multiple horror stories of people getting caught and having $5000+ in data charges. the sad thing is Verizon doesn't do much to help you on this unless you are a large, 300+ line, account. So if you get caught and charged, your account, with all lines on it are suspended until the bill is payed.

Even if you dont get caught Verizon doesnt like losing money. If their data usage is increasing so will their cost for a data package.

Dont steal it hurts all of us.
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Why do you consider it stealing? Until I got the droid I paid verizon the 15 bucks a month for it for years. Since they dont offer it now I get it how I can (which is pdanet) if they want to offer it to the droid I wil pay until then pdanet gets my money.
 
boycan said:
Why do you consider it stealing? Until I got the droid I paid verizon the 15 bucks a month for it for years. Since they dont offer it now I get it how I can (which is pdanet) if they want to offer it to the droid I wil pay until then pdanet gets my money.
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The fact that someone doesn't offer you something doesn't mean that it's "not stealing" if you take it anyway. That's kind of like the logic of:

* the door wasn't locked, so it's not stealing for me to take their TV without their permission
* the book isn't in print anymore, so it's not a copyright violation to copy it

Both of those statements are wrong.

Stealing, in this context, means "consuming a service that isn't free, and you aren't paying for". Tethering on Verizon isn't free. You aren't paying for it. Therefore, you're stealing it if you're doing it.

The fact that they don't give you the option to pay for it doesn't mean it's ok for you to "take it for free".
 
johnkzin said:
The fact that they don't give you the option to pay for it doesn't mean it's ok for you to "take it for free".
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yes...not really...but I was with Altell and was told everything would be the same (i asked about tethering), they said yes...now I'm p.o.'d.

And... it's a lesser crime, walking into a house and making yourself comfortable, than it is to break the lock.
 
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