I'm currently tethering to my router using Foxfi. From my router I have several wired connections. I'm going from 30mbs download to just 4-5mbs over Foxfi wifi. If possible, I would like to wire my S3 directly to my router. Has anyone experimented with usb to ethernet tethering? I've read about several devices doing the opposite with ethernet out to gain internet access. Some say this adapter works great....
http://www.trendnet.com/products/proddetail.asp?status=view&prod=280_TU2-ET100
My guess is this hasn't been experimented with...
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I live in uni accomodation, and unfortunately WiFi routers will not work in the rooms.
Is there any way of using my rooted GSM Hero as a USB WiFi Adaptor from my PC?
Ie: share my PC's internet over WiFi using the Hero connected via USB so I can wirelessly connect with stuff like my DSi and PSP.
There's an official Nintendo WiFi USB dongle that does this job, so I'm hoping there's also a way for the Hero to do it. I've used the PDAnet app for my Hero for USB tethering that basically is the exact reverse of what I want (it receives WiFi on the hero, shares it to PC).
Anyone know how to do this?
Wireless tether do the trick?search forums for it
Unless it has been written with a great deal of flexibility in mind, I doubt it. While wifi tether will let the OP connect his handheld consoles to his Hero, I suspect they'll be hard coded to forward this traffic over the GSM interface, whereas what I think the OP is after is the ability to forward the traffic over usb to his PC which I assume has a cabled connection to his uni network.
What s/he needs is simultaneous wifi & usb tethering with the abilty to route between the two. I've not come across anyone doing this before, though it's clearly just a matter of having the right software for the job. Not a trivial exercise to write it, alas.
The best chance would probably be if the author of the wifi tether app is still active & would be interested in adding this functionality to their existing app.
I would say you would have to
Use your hero to create Internet connection
Bridge that connection to wireless card in computer
follow this article
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/bowman_02april08.mspx
RichardFHTC said:
I would say you would have to
Use your hero to create Internet connection
Bridge that connection to wireless card in computer
follow this article
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/bowman_02april08.mspx
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Once of us has misread the OP. I took the OP's PC to have no wifi connection.
[Edit:] Hmm, I could be mistaken; I'm less certain now.
AXIS of Reality said:
I live in uni accomodation, and unfortunately WiFi routers will not work in the rooms.
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It's only just occurred to me to ask, why don't wifi routers work? Is it a matter of rules & regulations? Otherwise I'm somewhat confused.
If it is simply a matter that the only equipment you're allowed to connect directly to the network is a PC you register with the sys admins, I'd be inclined to stick a second network card in the PC (assuming your uni connection is via the primary ethernet port) & use this to connect to your (existing?) wifi router which you use purely as a wifi access point. That'd cost you less than a fiver, assuming you already have a wifi router or access point.
I would stick to the rules however. Unless you're sure you know what you're doing they might spot attempts to connect disallowed equipment from the resulting traffic.
you can use the hero as a wifi dongle?im using it now with internet sharing on and just connected to wifi?
I have a usb760 from verizon. I used it when i am on the road with my windows laptop. It give me 3g from verizon. I am wondering if i can connect this to my gtablet? I plug it into the usb port and it lights up green, but doesn't connect. When i use it on my laptop there is software that connects to the verizon network. Can this device work on our tablet?
As far as I know the only USB modem anyone here in the gTab forums have gotten to work with the gTab is a chinese Huawei USB modem.
You can read about that success story here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991342
What most people do is run Wireless Tether or Barnacle Wireless Tether on their android phones and turn it into a wi-fi hotspot. Then connect their gTab to it and off to the internets you go.
Hey Guys,
Is it possible to USB Tether the internet from my laptop to the Prime?
Yes it is possible.
Why no wifi tether? See my signature for the fix to make it happen. Be wire free about it
Lock-N-Load said:
Why no wifi tether? See my signature for the fix to make it happen. Be wire free about it
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In my situation tethering wirelessly means using my cellular data plan.
A wired tether on the other hand allows me a network connection over my offices (very fast) network and I'm not using my data plan. For me, wireless tether has always worked from the TFP to my rooted Galaxy S 4G. No 'fix' was ever required.
I might have to use my Prime in a hotel that doesn't have WiFi, but only Ethernet internet connection. Can I use a WiFi bridge (e.g. Netgear WNCE2001) to connect to internet?
Yep.I have used similar item for years to keep my laptop mobile in hotel room. Will work the same.
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Have you tried enabling the ad hoc network fix described in the Q&A section, then setting your LAN line adapter to "share" under your adapter settings on your laptop. Then create a adhoc wifi network between your laptop wifi adapter & your tablet. That way you're sharing your LAN line over wifi with your tablet.
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Or grab one of the supported USB Ethernet adapters and plug that bad boy right into your dock
I have a Linksys WTR54GS just for those occasions.
Swiftks said:
Have you tried enabling the ad hoc network fix described in the Q&A section, then setting your LAN line adapter to "share" under your adapter settings on your laptop. Then create a adhoc wifi network between your laptop wifi adapter & your tablet. That way you're sharing your LAN line over wifi with your tablet.
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Ah, but that defies the point. If I took a laptop with me, I wouldn't need my tablet. I want to travel light, and my laptop is big and heavy.
agentdr8 said:
Or grab one of the supported USB Ethernet adapters and plug that bad boy right into your dock.
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In another thread here I read you need modified ROM to use a USB/Ethernet adapter.
I have a Linksys WTR54GS just for those occasions.
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This is exactly what I need - a wireless travel router.
However, I'm going to buy a WiFi bridge for my wired network printer, which I want to move upstairs. This bridge connects to a WiFi network and allows wired devices to use it. So I'm going to have this device anyway. That's why I asked my original question.
But does a WiFi bridge work the other way around - as a router? My guess is not. If not, then I have to buy a separate device, like the one above. Is that correct?
Felisek said:
In another thread here I read you need modified ROM to use a USB/Ethernet adapter.
This is exactly what I need - a wireless travel router.
However, I'm going to buy a WiFi bridge for my wired network printer, which I want to move upstairs. This bridge connects to a WiFi network and allows wired devices to use it. So I'm going to have this device anyway. That's why I asked my original question.
But does a WiFi bridge work the other way around - as a router? My guess is not. If not, then I have to buy a separate device, like the one above. Is that correct?
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There are some USB Ethernet adapters that work out of the box with the Prime. Others can be supported easily with a kernel module.
As far as the wifi brigde ...I actually have DD-WRT running on my WTR and it can function as a wireless bridge, client, or access point.
you can use 'connectify' to make your laptop as hotspot.
that way, you can connect the ethernet cable to your laptop, open connectify and you've a wifi connection.
If you have and android phone with root you could install wifi tether and just tether to your device. That's what I do at work.
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MasterZen88 said:
If you have and android phone with root you could install wifi tether and just tether to your device. That's what I do at work.
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Do you mean using phone's data connection? I'm going abroad, data roaming cost would kill me.
I recently busted my WiFi adapter and have been using an old phone to USB tether my WiFi connection and I was wondering if there was ever a way to port forward my PC's connection through the tether.
I found this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=at.bherbst.net&hl=en but it didn't seem to work for me unless I was doing it wrong.