Hey everyone, just finished installing Ubuntu to my dell mini 10v netbook. I really like it so far but I have hit a problem that may be a potential deal breaker. Has anyone running Ubuntu 9.10 been able to tether their phone to their computer?. It does not seem to connect to my phone running this app for me. It sees the SSID, and i tell it to connect, and then I just get that circle thing for a couple of minutes then it gives up and connects to my main router if its in range.
Anyone have any ideas? I'm not sure if its Ubuntu or the app, it worked perfect with XP
I don't run Ubuntu on my netbook so it may be slightly different, but I have it working great on mine running Arch Linux. Wifi tether uses an Ad-Hoc mode where most routers/access points use Infrastructure mode. You may have to tell network-manager or whatever controls your wireless settings to use Ad-Hoc. If that doesn't work you could set it up manually through the command line or make a little script with those commands to do it so you don't have to type them in every time.
thanks for the reply. I did some searching and came across this page http://www.ubuntugeek.com/creating-an-adhoc-host-with-ubuntu.html and i hooked my phone up to my windows computer, copied the info verbatim to my ubuntu netbook setting up a manual connection like that page suggested and it says it connects, but my phone doesnt show anything is connected and it wont go online
I am able to tether just fine via my Dell mini9 running Ubuntu 9.10. Are you able to connect to other networks?
yeah i can connect to my home fios router just fine
FoxRacR17 i was having the same issues with my dell 1501 laptop.. Looks like your laptop might be using the bcm43xx chip-set from broadcom which doesn't support ad-hoc fully native yet on all cards.
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Keo-Keo said:
I was having issues trouble shooting WMWifiRouter and Ubuntu.
I couldn't pin down if it was Ubuntu or WMWifiRouter which was having the problem connecting.. I could see the Ad-Hoc network in Ubuntu when i would try to connect it would just hang. I played with all the settings in WMWifiRouter to no avail.
Turns out it was my wireless driver.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Adhoc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1863357#post1863357
I had to revert back to Ndiswrapper.. But it worked!!! Those having Linux issues check the driver.. I didn't have a windows box with wireless to check.. So took me longer hopefully this might save you some time!
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https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/Ndiswrapper
Try Ndiswrapper from the windows drivers on HP's site. Let us know the results..
I'm having this problem with an atheros 5G chipset
Thanks for the replies guys, i got it fixed. I saw people saying to try the netbook remix version of ubuntu so I went ahead and installed it. At first it wasnt detecting any hardware drivers so it wasnt even giving me the option to install drivers for my wireless this time. But i went into terminal (with my ethernet cord plugged in and netbook connected to the internet) and issued "sudo apt-get update" and it went thru and downloaded a bunch of stuff that took a while, and then i went back to restricted drivers and this time I had TWO options for my wireless card, one that was licensed propitiatory from broadcom themselves labeled "Broadcom STA wirless driver" and one that was licensed as free and labeled "Broadcom B43 wireless driver" I installed the STA one and now my netbook connects perfectly to my hero and i can go online again thru my phone. Hope this helps you guys out
I've been trying to use the built-in USB tethering with Ubuntu 10.10 without any luck. On my previous Android phones (EVO, Nexus One), all I had to do was plug in the phone, select Internet Connection Mode or USB Tethering, and Ubuntu would automatically find a new connection (Auto usb0). That's it...no config needed.
The Thunderbolt has been another story. I can't get Ubuntu to see an internet connection for anything.
Can anyone shed any light on this? I'd really prefer to use the built-in tethering rather than go to something like EasyTether or PdaNet.
I'd still say easytether
All I have to do is type easytether connect and bam
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Me too
I also have been trying desperately to make this work too, since it worked so well with my Eris and other phones. I think the problem lies in the proprietary HTC drivers - it seems that the driver built into LibUSB for cellular modems doesn't play nice with the HTC software. In Windows, there is an executable that installs the driver, and I have been thinking that I might be able to make it work using Ndiswrapper, but I have not had time to play around with it a whole lot.
I suspect that a release will come along eventually to update libUSB to work with the new HTC software, but in the mean time, EasyTether works great. I made a quicklaunch icon in gnome panel that links to the the EasyTether connection script - it will have to do until I can get native tethering to work.
If anyone else is working on this, I'd be willing to lend a hand with testing and troubleshooting.
Seems like I have the same problem with Ubuntu 10.10 and my rooted HD2 running Android. I think it has got something to do with the RDNIS drivers or something ??? Easytether is no option because it works for like 5 minutes then I need to restart the connection to get it working again ( very annoying ). I would much rather prefer to use the inbuilt tethering option on my rooted phone than yet another pointless piece of software. Maybe another Linux distro that supports this way of tethering ???
Thanks !
Having a problem getting USB tethering to work on my computer running Windows 7 64-bit. My htc Droid Incredible (Verizon) has Linaro Optimized CM9 (which, by the way, is running very nicely so far). I connected it to the computer and enable tethering on the phone, and heard some Plug and Play connection noises, but when it went to load drivers it said that the RNDIS driver could not be found.
Checking Device Manager, I don't see any new network adapter that references the phone. I do see an Android ADB Interface listed under Android Phones, but there is a yellow exclamation on RNDIS, of course.
Have tried the following, based on suggestions I got on some other forums:
1) Loaded the latest version of HTC Sync to get drivers installed...no go, same issue listed in Device Manager. If I actually launch HTC Sync, it says that no phone is connected.
2) Tried an HBOOT driver from the unrevoked root wiki ... still nothing.
3) Tried installing--in Device Manager--some (but not all) of the different Microsoft RNDIS drivers that are available, but the install does not succeed. Usually says that it could not start the device, or something like that.
I'm really here, though, because someone just stated the following:
"The ROM may be your problem... since cm9 is not officially supported on the incredible...the ROM is a port from another phone, so that could be the cause of your problem... I'd make a nandroid of your current setup and try wired tethering with the official cm7 ROM."
Sounds plausible, I guess, but I would have thought that there would have been something here about this (if there was, I couldn't find it). I also have the nagging suspicion that the issue is on the computer and not the phone. So before I go backing up and changing ROMs, can anyone please confirm or refute as to whether this particular ROM would "break" USB tethering as described above?
Thanks in advance!
Mike
P.S. Wireless hotspot tethering works just fine, by the way. But I would like to be able to tether via USB cable as well.
P.P.S. Tried to post this in the pertinent thread started by mamarley, but I think I'm prohibited from doing so because I am brand new to the forum.
Hey folks, i have a Dell Inspiron N5050 here, and it had no OS on it, so i put Windows 7 on it, and the wireless adapter is not recognized(doesn't show up in device manager). Obviously the driver won't install because the hardware isn't recognized by Windows(i got the driver from the Dell website). i was able to install the ethernet driver, so i can get online that way. I should also add that wifi works out of the box in Linux Mint booted off a USB stick. Also, wifi works fine on other machines with the same copy of Windows 7.
Linux will be my main OS, but does anyone know how to get Windows to recognize the wireless adapter?
The other thing i've noticed is that Network Controller doesn't have a driver installed, and the device is unknown and a driver can't be found,
I've definitely been scouring the internet as i always do, but haven't found the fix yet. Thanks in advance.
I got it working, the driver from Dell's website didn't work, it was a Broadcom i believe, but i found the driver for the standard Dell wireless card, and it found the hardware upon installing.
So I am trying to USB tether right? but, for some reason it won't even setup a connection and when I enabled Dedug mode for USB that seemed to get it working. Honestly I don't want to do it that way. I pay for my tethering plan unlike most people on here with T-Mobile.
What I am trying to say is that out the box USB tethering does not work.
Now with Debug enabled I can do it, but when debug is enabled my damn Win 8.1 64 bit flips out! Seriously I don't know what the hell this damn phone is doing to my computer but it forces my CPU to go up to 100% usage!!
I have a 2500 $ laptop bought this year and its a Sager. This laptop has never had an issue until I tried to USB tether while on debug mode...
I need to know how I can just tether this stupid thing to my laptop without using debug OR other apps. I wanna go 100% legit for once! Use every thing how its meant to be used!
Please help!
Is this some kind a joke fellas? NO ONE has seen their computer or laptop flip out when this Nexus 5 starts tethering? Guys this is a major issue that forces my computer to slow speeds once the tether is activated. When the connection is severed my computer works like normal... I was doing tethering on my laptop with a Photon 4G phone and never once seen this issue... I wonder if it has to do with using the infrastructure of the Nexus 5 vs using something like PDAnet or something. Which I can use because I bought it. Easytether sucks though... Well sometimes it sucks.
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Is this some kind a joke fellas? NO ONE has seen their computer or laptop flip out when this Nexus 5 starts tethering? Guys this is a major issue that forces my computer to slow speeds once the tether is activated. When the connection is severed my computer works like normal... I was doing tethering on my laptop with a Photon 4G phone and never once seen this issue... I wonder if it has to do with using the infrastructure of the Nexus 5 vs using something like PDAnet or something. Which I can use because I bought it. Easytether sucks though... Well sometimes it sucks.
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I've tethered a bunch on Windows 7 tho. Never had a hitch problem. Don't know what to tell you.
I just ran into this exact same problem. WiFi tethering seems to work fine, but enabling USB tethering slow my PC to a crawl. Task Manager is particularly slow to respond while USB tethering is enabled. I've tested with two PCs, and have gotten the same results.
Xjph said:
I just ran into this exact same problem. WiFi tethering seems to work fine, but enabling USB tethering slow my PC to a crawl. Task Manager is particularly slow to respond while USB tethering is enabled. I've tested with two PCs, and have gotten the same results.
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Usually a driver problem bud.
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Usually a driver problem bud.
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Well then is anyone able to point me toward the correct drivers? The ones that get installed automatically have caused this problem for me now on three different machines, two running Windows 7, and one running Windows 8. The tether works, insofar as I can get online and view websites, but the system slows to the point of unusability at the same time.
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Well then is anyone able to point me toward the correct drivers? The ones that get installed automatically have caused this problem for me now on three different machines, two running Windows 7, and one running Windows 8. The tether works, insofar as I can get online and view websites, but the system slows to the point of unusability at the same time.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513339
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I'm not trying to make ADB or fastboot work. They work fine with no issues. As does MTP. I have trouble when USB tethering is enabled, exclusively.
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I'm not trying to make ADB or fastboot work. They work fine with no issues. As does MTP. I have trouble when USB tethering is enabled, exclusively.
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I'm sorry didn't you JUST ask for different drivers..... if you already have the google drivers this is your other choice
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I'm sorry didn't you JUST ask for different drivers..... if you already have the google drivers this is your other choice
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Neither the drivers linked, nor the Google drivers as provided in the Android SDK, are the correct driver for the "Remote NDIS based Internet Sharing Device" that appears when using USB tethering. If the answer to the problem is "we don't know, use WiFi tethering instead" then so be it, I'll make do. It would be nice if even one person could come in here and say "I have a Nexus 5 and USB tethering works fine" though, since if this is indeed a "driver issue" there must be someone out there who has this working fine.
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Neither the drivers linked, nor the Google drivers as provided in the Android SDK, are the correct driver for the "Remote NDIS based Internet Sharing Device" that appears when using USB tethering. If the answer to the problem is "we don't know, use WiFi tethering instead" then so be it, I'll make do. It would be nice if even one person could come in here and say "I have a Nexus 5 and USB tethering works fine" though, since if this is indeed a "driver issue" there must be someone out there who has this working fine.
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I have a Nexus 5 and USB tethering works fine.
that being said i am using vista, using a usb 2 port on my laptop, usb debugging is not checked, using naked driver v.73
posting this while usb tethering.
Xjph said:
Neither the drivers linked, nor the Google drivers as provided in the Android SDK, are the correct driver for the "Remote NDIS based Internet Sharing Device" that appears when using USB tethering. If the answer to the problem is "we don't know, use WiFi tethering instead" then so be it, I'll make do. It would be nice if even one person could come in here and say "I have a Nexus 5 and USB tethering works fine" though, since if this is indeed a "driver issue" there must be someone out there who has this working fine.
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Sorry to raise a thread, but I am having the same issue as the OP with a Nexus 5 and Windows 8.1. Thethering on USB causes the machine to slow, CPU to spike, although the internet connection is established. Has anyone found any fix? I have tried resetting the device, using it on another machine and it still has the same issue.
As soon as the Remote NDIS based Internet Sharing Device is listed in Device Manager, my machine spikes. Have tried uninstalling the driver and letting in re-install as well. Driver for the NDIS piece is from Microsoft. Can't find anything else.
Thanks!
i have the same issue, always have done and the only solution i found was just to use wifi tethering. tried changing drivers but nothing has worked.
i have this issue on a samsung galaxy note 10.1 2014 edition P605 uses the Remote NDIS driver like the nexus 5 wifi teathering perfectly fine USB Teathering is bad the driver will dropout or if i unplug the tablet from the computer it will either speed back up or act as if it is still connected.... when rebooting it will not reboot if i have unplugged it and it still thinks its connected but if i dont unplug it and reboot it will blue screen with a usb bugcode or something like that....
ps sorry for posting to this post even though my issue is with a SGN10.1 2014
Had anybody figured out a fix for this crazy issue? I've been trying to fix this for a while now but nothing seems to working!
bump.
i still cant get usb tethering to work at all
mark2410 said:
bump.
i still cant get usb tethering to work at all
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Same problem here.
I can also use ADB shell with the drivers but when I enable USB Tethering the computer starts to slow down and CPU to 100%
(Using OnePlus btw)
Thanks!
I have the same problems. Was anyone able to solve the problem?
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buzz lightyear said:
I have the same problems. Was anyone able to solve the problem?
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I was able to solve the problem by changing the driver of the device. In case anyone is interested, here are the steps
Plug the phone to the USB and enable USB tethering
Go to Device Manager. Under Network Adapters a "Remote NDIS based Internet Sharing Device" should be listed. Right click on it and click on Update Driver... > Search on the computer > Choose manually from a list....
Here, uncheck Show compatible hardware, then go to Microsoft and search for "Remote NDIS Compatible Device" on the right. Click next and Yes in the warning message that appears. Now the computer should behave normally.
Thanks buzz. Worked for my Nexus 5x