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Tether using Linux?
Okay... so after both Vista and XP have puked on me, I've gone to Ubuntu 8.04
It shocks me that it fully supports my laptop out of the box (Toshiba Satellite X205) - even BLUETOOTH... (mind you, Toshiba's Bluetooth stack never worked even on Vista, which was its native OS) But here's the deal. I *NEED* to be able to tether when I'm at work. How can I make this happen? I downloaded USB Modem but the manual is total crap and I have no idea how to set it up... and I don't know how to use Internet Sharing for BT PAN... Can anyone help me? Please? :) |
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nevermind. SynCE with Ubuntu 8.04 is an EXTREMELY easy way to tether! Once you install the drivers, Ubuntu connects via Internet Sharing and its FAST!
ROCK ON! (mods can close thread if they'd like) |
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Check this out... fastest speed test I've ever gotten
http://www.speedtest.net/result/271141833.png http://www.speedtest.net/result/271142340.png http://www.speedtest.net/result/271142552.png http://www.speedtest.net/result/271142721.png http://www.speedtest.net/result/271142904.png Check out that ping! And I'm sorry but I've never seen ANYONE upload that fast on Rev A! |
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not bad, you trumped my best speed test by a bit, very nice makes me want to try to tether with my ubuntu system http://www.speedtest.net/result/228998024.png
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Yeah its insane.
Dude I'm downloading a 151MB MP3 from a friend right now at a SUSTAINED 100KB/sec. Keep in mind that the towers out here are only on a 1.5Mbps pipe right now... We're kinda jipped here. Also, that speed test was on a Dallas server... which, while its near my HA... I'm in Denver, CO. Its crazy... because everything that was broken on my laptop before works out of the box on this. Anyone that owns an X205 can tell you how incompatible they are with like everything... but Ubuntu grabbed my wireless and my bluetooth out of the box, sound works, my HDMI out works (now that I've enabled the nVidia drivers)... 8.04 is by far the best distro I've ever used. And oh my lord is it fast! |
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Thanks, I'd been waiting for a guinne pig to report :), I gave up on linux a few years ago, b/c I don't want to be a programmer. I have 2 older portege's with the option for built in bt, but never wanted to mess with Toshiba's stack. Now I will definitely set one up for dual boot.
as a side note i'm looking into setting up a trixbox, can you dial a regular # from the laptop? |
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I've not tried. Honestly, it was as simple as installing SynCE and connecting the device... it automatically connected after that.
http://www.synce.org/moin/SynceWithUbuntu Follow it to the point where it tell you to run "synce-pls" and after you run that, stop there. I have a feeling if you follow the rest, you'll break tethering. Then once you connect the device, you'll see a plug with an exclamation point... but if you look at the phone, it looks like it thinks its connected to ActiveSync. Then disconnect it, start internet sharing on USB, then plug it back in... you'll see it get a connection to the device then the plug with the exclamation point will come back... but you'll be able to browse completely fine. BTW... 19 minutes for 151.05MB = 7.95MB/min = 132.5KB/sec = 1056kbps!!!... and I was browsing at the same time. EDIT: For the non-believers (because I know there will be), here's a testmy.net that not only confirms I'm using linux but confirms that I'm getting sustained download speeds (its a 12MB test file for download, 3MB for upload) :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 1066 Kbps about 1.1 Mbps (tested with 12280 kB) Download Speed is:: 130 kB/s Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Main) Test Time:: 2008/05/14 - 1:29am Bottom Line:: 19X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 7.88 sec Tested from a 12280 kB file and took 94.362 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 24.39 % of your hosts average (spcsdns.net) D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-ZHT6WX245 User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9b5) Gecko/2008050509 Firefox/3.0b5 [!] :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Upload Connection is:: 737 Kbps about 0.7 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB) Upload Speed is:: 90 kB/s Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (Main) Test Time:: 2008/05/14 - 1:31am Bottom Line:: 13X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 11.38 sec Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 33.267 seconds to complete Upload Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 169.96 % faster than the average for host (spcsdns.net) U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-CJLXSOBET User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9b5) Gecko/2008050509 Firefox/3.0b5 [!] |
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WOW
Just got to work and it looks like Sprint FINALLY put more than one T1 line on the sites in Denver! Check this out! http://www.speedtest.net/result/271314436.png http://www.speedtest.net/result/271323166.png http://www.speedtest.net/result/271323591.png |
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Any other pointers? I wonder if it has to do with the new wm6.1 rom. Running a Sprint Touch. |
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And if you still didnt get it...here is is again
HOW-TO: HTC 6800/Mogul/Titan as USB Modem in Ubuntu/Debian sudo -s apt-get install subversion svn co hxxp://synce.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/synce/trunk/usb-rndis-lite cd usb-rndis-lite/ make ./clean.sh make install vim /etc/network/interfaces add: auto rndis0 iface rndis0 inet dhcp /etc/init.d/networking restart Plug in the phone via USB. On the phone go to programs/applications and select "Internet Sharing" PC Connection:USB Network Connection: Phone as Modem Click "Connect" Fordwrench remember to change the xx to tt in the svn line..... :) |
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