I've used ubuntu (from 16.04 to 24.04) together with an usb tethering application called easytether. Easytether allows you to use your phone's internet connection for your computer without using your hotspot allowance. Using android's builtin tether solution takes from your hotspot allowance and I don't have much to use. Easytether, works well with ubuntu after typing the following in terminal:
systemctl enable dhcpcd
systemctl start dhcpcd
I tried the same in debian 12 but I can't connect to the internet as usual. On the phone side, I get "connection established" and this means the phone can see the computer-side program (there is an android side and a computer side program). Below info. is from debian 12 after the connection from the phone is made:
ip link show
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: enp4s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether c8:0a:a9:ed:f4:27 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: wlp3s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 2a:55:c0:7f:d5:b5 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff permaddr 00:27:10:19:f2:ac
5: tun-easytether: <POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 500
link/none
debian 12 shows easytether (#5 above) but still no connection. I looked and searched the internet and related forums but everything there relates to ubuntu and not debian 12 and some are very old. There are some hits on the internet but they are not related to this issue. I know there are other programs out there that can proxy any computer (including debian 12) but I want this solution since it uses the usb port.
Any help connecting easytether with debian 12 and making them work together is greatly appreciated.
systemctl enable dhcpcd
systemctl start dhcpcd
I tried the same in debian 12 but I can't connect to the internet as usual. On the phone side, I get "connection established" and this means the phone can see the computer-side program (there is an android side and a computer side program). Below info. is from debian 12 after the connection from the phone is made:
ip link show
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: enp4s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether c8:0a:a9:ed:f4:27 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
3: wlp3s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 2a:55:c0:7f:d5:b5 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff permaddr 00:27:10:19:f2:ac
5: tun-easytether: <POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 500
link/none
debian 12 shows easytether (#5 above) but still no connection. I looked and searched the internet and related forums but everything there relates to ubuntu and not debian 12 and some are very old. There are some hits on the internet but they are not related to this issue. I know there are other programs out there that can proxy any computer (including debian 12) but I want this solution since it uses the usb port.
Any help connecting easytether with debian 12 and making them work together is greatly appreciated.
Statistics: Posted by debian12newbie — 2025-02-22 23:53 — Replies 0 — Views 26