[sf-lug] Android mobile phone tethered to computer

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Bobbie Sellers (bliss at sfo.com):

> The process is described at this url:
> <http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/44304/how-to-use-your-android-phone-as-a-modem-no-rooting-required/>
> 
> Are there Linux equivalent softwares?

Do you _have_ root on your Android mobile?  (If not, maybe your first
step should be to achieve that.)  With root, you can solve the problem
easily on any OS, _and_ without having to buy proprietary binary-only
programs from Android Marketplace.

http://lifehacker.com/#!5447347/how-to-tether-your-android-phone
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/

Here are instructions that are said to work even if you don't
control your mobile (haven't gotten root access):
http://androidforums.com/droid-how-tips/17470-droid-tethering-all-operating-systems-tested-linux.html
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f23/android-usb-tethering-for-linux-using-proxoid-24875/ 
(The above item requires the proprietary Proxoid app from Android
Marketplace.)
http://www.ghacks.net/2010/02/01/tether-your-android-phone-to-your-linux-laptop/
http://idolinux.blogspot.com/2010/06/usb-tether-android-with-linux.html
http://razor.occams.info/blog/2010/06/11/transparent-tethering-for-linux/

The above listing is courtesy of Web-searching for 'android linux
tethering', as I previously knew almost nothing about this topic.