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Help Getting tethering to work

Iowabucks

Iowabucks

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Hey everyone, I'm trying to get my USB tethering working on my Motorola Triumph. I am running CM7, so i'm assuming it should work. And i have tethering turned on.

The computer is running windows XP, so i don't know if that is too old of an operating system or not.

I also plugged in the phone and the laptops OS could not load the android drivers needed. Understandable considering the age of Windows XP. Do i need to have some kind of phone driver installed to get tethering going? And will it just show up as a wireless network or how do you confirm it is working?

Sorry for the noob questions. Just getting ready to take a fishing trip and want to have some internet access in a fairly remote place.

Thanks. Jerry.
 
Will that driver work with the Triumph?

On a side note, i did get WiFi Hotspot to work. It had a transfer rate of 11 Mbs per sec.

Will tethering give me a higher transfer rate?
 
You may be able to force that driver. No guarantees it'd work though, although RNDIS is a standard protocol. I think I was able to get usb tethering working in XP on a laptop out of box because I had Activesync installed at one point (had a Windows phone before).

Yes, a 11mbps wifi connection is way more than enough to keep up with virgin mobile's horrendous "3g" speeds

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/959765
Not sure if that hotfix is enough. Search the internet for rndis drivers for windows xp and give it a shot.
 
Go to android.com/tether and follow the specific instructions for using Windows XP USB tethering.
This will apply for CM7 also if you're wondering.:)
 
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