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ogirilan

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Registered: 2019-04-10

Posts: 2

[SOLVED] Trouble with android USB tethering

Hello, I'm an archlinux newbie trying to do an install on my laptop (HP ProBook 6475b). I don't have an ethernet connection and I can't yet use my laptop's Broadcom wireless card (trouble with b43 drivers, to resolve the issue I just need a working internet connection). So I tried to instead go with USB tethering from my android phone, found out what the interface name for this connection is, but the command

 ip link set enp0s16f1u1 up 

doesn't set the interface up, it's state goes to UNKNOWN instead of UP.

What should I do?

Last edited by ogirilan (2019-04-11 07:05:40)

Zod

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From: Hoosiertucky

Registered: 2019-03-10

Posts: 630

Re: [SOLVED] Trouble with android USB tethering

Have you seen this?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/android_tethering

ewaller

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From: Pasadena, CA

Registered: 2009-07-13

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Re: [SOLVED] Trouble with android USB tethering

Have you just tried running dhcpcd with root permissions?

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ogirilan

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Registered: 2019-04-10

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Re: [SOLVED] Trouble with android USB tethering

Have you just tried running dhcpcd with root permissions?

Thank you, after the

 dhcpdc [i]interface[/i] 

I succesfully managed to ping a remote server.