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Ethernet connection via mini-usb?

Ok so I do a fair bit of IT support work these days and thought about all the nice little possibilities it would open up if I could connect my Touch Pro to the network or other devices directly via ethernet.
If you can get USB Network dongles these days, I don't see why you can't have a mini-usb one, but I don't see many around. Does anyone know of a product like this?
If there isn't one, perhaps you could ues a regular USB Network stick/dongle, and use a USB to mini-usb converter. Then I guess it would be a case of someone making a driver or app, right?
Any solutions or suggestions appreciated.
Thanks.

Have the same problem.
Lately I was wondering about the same thing. I've found some USB to RJ45 converters, and was wondering about drivers or app, have you finger something out?

"You care incorrect, sir." -Ed McMann
Take a good look at any USB cable: the two ends are different. One end is for a USB Host (desktopPC/Laptop/Mac). The other end is for a USB **Device** (thumb drive, wireless network dongle, **YOUR PHONE**). Trying to plug two USB *Devices* together would be like trying to plug two USB thumbdrives together to swap files... or more acutately, pluging a USB Network dongle to your thumbdrive to access it over teh internets. ooh, it would be sweet if it were possible.

well that's a bummer. I was thinking that the phone can act as a host when you use the internet connection sharing....

yeah, different kind of host. Actually trying to get that second type of host working myself (Internet Sharing): The USB connection is the bad guy here, by design it's either host or device.
Now you migth find *bluetooth* RJ45 device, but why not just buy a wireless router for your network and use your Fuze's Wifi capabilities? If you plugged a USB Wifi dongle into your desktop, that should be enough to use your fuze's wifi to connect... activsync style. don't ask me how to use it via Internet Sharing, still trying that.

[Q] USB instead of wifi functionality?

I'm thinking about getting a Shield, but I've never bothered with wifi connectivity on my desktop PC. Can I still use the Shield as a USB gamepad? What about the streaming functionality?
Thanks for any answers!

Its not immediately clear *exactly* what you are asking here.
You can stream to the PC as long as you are on the same LAN, so if you connect the shield via wifi to your router and the PC has an ethernet connection to the router then that will work. Or you can use a USB-OTG adaptor in the shield with a USB ethernet adaptor to connect the shield to a router via ethernet too. If your desktop doesnt meet the requirements you can use splashtop instead of the official NVidia stuff.
The USB port on the shield though, well, its a regular android device. Its no different from plugging your phone into the PC. You can't use the shield as a USB gamepad like that. Best off just buying the wired version of the xbox controller if you want a PC gamepad, they aren't the cheapest (but they are far from the most expensive) but they are reasonably good quality and well supported

Just as a side note regarding Ethernet over OTG cable. Some apps (like the Play Store) won't connect unless you are using WiFi or mobile connection.
It's not the Shield's fault, just the app when it enumerates the network connectivity.
So far I only found the Play Store to ignore the network connection over Ethernet, same is true on all the devices I tested so far: TrimSlice (Tegra 2), TF201 (Tegra 3), My Touch 4G, Samsung Galaxy SIII and the Shield.
The Trimslice is the only one with a dedicated hardware Ethernet over PCIe, the others I used an OTG cable and hooked a USB HUB with Ethernet built in.
I don't stream PC games but when Nvidia was demoing the Shield's streaming capabilities they were using an Ethernet dongle so they didn't have to fight for WiFi connections from the attendees at the conferences they were presenting at.

To clarify, I was hoping I could simply plug in a Shield to my USB port and use it as a USB gamepad, but by the sounds of it that doesn't seem very likely.

Can't you just connect ps3 controllers to it over bluetooth? If you can't do that yet I'm sure you will be able to

gilrad said:
To clarify, I was hoping I could simply plug in a Shield to my USB port and use it as a USB gamepad, but by the sounds of it that doesn't seem very likely.
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No, you cannot unfortunately. If that is what you require, buy a wired xbox controller.

When you set a device to USB tether, it adds another USB profile that creates a network connection over the USB - with some hacking it might be possible to use this connection. I think adb can also do some kind of port-forwarding to allow communication between the device and the computer.
It might be possible to get something working, both for controller input and streaming, but not sure how difficult this would be or what the performance would be.
But I don't think any of this will work very easily out of the box unfortunately!
~Troop

[Q] Lenovo S6000L ROM/OTG HELP. Assistance is greatly appreciated.

I recently purchased the Lenovo S6000L tablet for the purpose of traveling. I wanted a large screen (10.1) tablet that could do the basic functions of a laptop, without having to lug around my 17.3 inch HP laptop to and from work/etc. My issue is, I work for a company that will not allow us to access their WiFi (security reasons), but we can use any LAN. I purchased an OTG cable and a USB to Ethernet converter. To my surprise, my Lenovo tablet wouldn't recognize the converter, thus, not allowing me to access the internet via the OTG cable. After that failure, I decided to root my tablet, which I did. Even with the root I can't seem to tweak the tablet to allow the internet connection bridge to work. Being P/O, I decided to go a step further by flashing a custom ROM to the tablet in hope that a different ROM would read and react to the OTG setup, but I'm unable to find a ROM that would work. Well their you have it, this is my big issue. Even though those are the steps I've taken or are willing to take, doesn't mean It's the only thing I'm looking to do, I'm open to anything that will work. So I desperately ask, does anyone have or know of a solution for me to use a RJ45 ethernet cable on this S6000L Lenovo tablet?
P.S. I've hooked up the USB to Ethernet to my PC and it worked, so it's not faulty. I've hooked up a flash drive to my tablet via the OTG cable and that worked also, so the OTG cable works as well.
USB to ethernet adapter I'm using: Gigaware® USB Ethernet Adapter

Wayne_1da said:
I recently purchased the Lenovo S6000L tablet for the purpose of traveling. I wanted a large screen (10.1) tablet that could do the basic functions of a laptop, without having to lug around my 17.3 inch HP laptop to and from work/etc. My issue is, I work for a company that will not allow us to access their WiFi (security reasons), but we can use any LAN. I purchased an OTG cable and a USB to Ethernet converter. To my surprise, my Lenovo tablet wouldn't recognize the converter, thus, not allowing me to access the internet via the OTG cable. After that failure, I decided to root my tablet, which I did. Even with the root I can't seem to tweak the tablet to allow the internet connection bridge to work. Being P/O, I decided to go a step further by flashing a custom ROM to the tablet in hope that a different ROM read and react to the OTG setup, but I'm unable to find a ROM that would work. Well their you have it, this is my big issue. Even though those are the steps I've taken or are willing to take, doesn't mean It's the only thing I'm looking to do, I'm open to anything that will work. So I desperately ask, does anyone have or know of a solution for me to use a RJ45 ethernet cable on this S6000L Lenovo tablet?
P.S. I've hooked up the USB to Ethernet to my PC and it worked, so it's not faulty. I've hooked up a flash drive to my tablet via the OTG cable and that worked also, so the OTG cable works as well.
USB to ethernet adapter I'm using: Gigaware® USB Ethernet Adapter
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you cannot use like that because to use internet from other device to android you must use reverse tethering method and it can be done only from connecting it to a laptop or pc
so yyou cant use internet directly from lan cable to your tab

I don't want to use it from another device.
pradeepxtremehacker said:
you cannot use like that because to use internet from other device to android you must use reverse tethering method and it can be done only from connecting it to a laptop or pc
so yyou cant use internet directly from lan cable to your tab
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I'm not using it from another device, I'm only using it and want to use it from a router and/or directly from a modem. I only hooked the adapter to my laptop once just to verify the adapter was working.

Wayne_1da said:
I'm not using it from another device, I'm only using it and want to use it from a router and/or directly from a modem. I only hooked the adapter to my laptop once just to verify the adapter was working.
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yes i understood your question
i said there is no way to use internet in tab from lan cable

The Nexus 7 tablet does it.
pradeepxtremehacker said:
yes i understood your question
i said there is no way to use internet in tab from lan cable
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Corrections for the above reply: I misread your reply. In theory, reverse tethering is the same method. A source that contains internet(PC) that you bridge to your tablet and gives it internet. The Nexus 7 is one tablet that allows you to bridge a RJ45 to the tablet for LAN access, and their are others. My best guess is it's an software issue that Lenovo has blocked, but I'm looking for a way around it. I don't know if they added anything specific to the stock that is killing that use or is it just that the adapter I purchased isn't compatible with what I believe is Linux based software. As I said, I will travel any path to victory, even if I have to flash software that's used on the Nexus 7, if possible.
Sorry for the delay, I'm at work and people keep coming to me.

Houston, I believe I have a solution to my problem!!
I have no clue why I didn't think about it earlier but all it may take to remedy my issue can be spelled with one word, Portable Wireless Router. Ok, that's 3 words, but who cares! I don't. Whenever I'm in a situation where LAN is available but WLAN isn't, I figure all I would have to do is to plug the LAN into my soon to be purchased TP-LINK TL-WR702N 150Mbps Wireless N Nano Router. And BOOM! my own private WiFi hotspot.

[HELP] How can I theter my LTE connection to an OTG Ethernet adapter via USB?

Hi guys. I'm getting stuck with this problem. I don't have a good house network (my isp is terrible) so I started using my Smartphone (huawei nova 5t) to play with my xbox on online games. Until now i've been using the Hotspot (wifi),but it's instable and it pings a lot. So I was wondering how could I use a cable to use my LTE connection on my xbox via ETHERNET using the USB Thetering . I bought from amazon an adapter that's Type C-Ethernet. It's a really good one,but when I plug it to my phone,my Huawei doesn't let me use the USB thetering,I can't activate it. So I was asking if there is a way,an external app or something that could make me do that. My idea is LTE---> Otg Type C Ethernet---> Xbox one. I found nothing on the internet about this,all the threads are about using that OTG to connect my phone to a router and using the router internet,and it works perfectly that way,but I wanna use the cable in the opposite way. I wanna share my smartphone connection with my xbox. Can I do that with that otg or it's just impossible..? Thanks forward.

Hi there. I need the same thing! Sorry to bump late but at least there's only 2 of us.
I think it's called
REVERSED TETHERING via an ETHERNET dongle. (or HOST mode?)
It should be technically possible because ethernet dongles are supported by a lot of ROMs but this function is usually going in the other direction.
Tetrd is another useful search term.
Did you get further with this since you last posted this?
This could be related:
https://android.stackexchange.com/q...-hotspot-and-usb-tethering-so-that-they-are-i

If you can put a windows device between the set up, you can use the program Connectify to make your windows machine a router and choose the ethernet out and plug it into the xbox. And then usb tether the phone into the computer. Connecitfy works with speedify too so if you have multiple hotspots you can bond them together and get a more reliable connection.

Or, I suppose, a Raspberry Pi

Power, keyboard and ethernet all at once via USB-C?

Hey all! I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas about how to accomplish this.
I'm trying to have an external keyboard, hardwired internet and power going to my Tab A (SM-T510) all at once via the USB-C port.
Is this kind of setup doable? I'm not sure what the limits are of USB-C handling multiple functionalities like this or if there are existing products that could handle this.
Any ideas what is possible here?

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To connect Android device to wired network an OTG to Ethernet adapter is required. Note this only will work if device supports it.

jwoegerbauer said:
To connect Android device to wired network an OTG to Ethernet adapter is required. Note this only will work if device supports it.
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Do you know if I can supply power at the same time?
And could I *also* add an external keyboard as a 3rd function?