Has anyone figured out a reliable way to get wifi thether working?
If it's via Barnacle.. please share the settings that work for you
if it's the Wifi Tether app, please share which one and how you got it working.
I'm using Barnacle as we speak, and I actually just set it up ~5 minutes ago. I'm on CM6.1. I have the "skip wpa_supplicant" setting checked. When you click start to begin the tethering, you need to click "associate" then immediately (on your pc) search for and connect to the Ad-Hoc network that pops up.
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Hi I want to use the wireless tether on my Galaxy S.
It seems like Wireless tether is the only software that turns off wifi then turns back on automatically after the tether (unlike Barnacle)
so it wanted to try it out.
but It looks like I can't get it working.
it says it's running but my IPAD can't detect its signal at all.
could someone please help me on this issue?
thanks
You should make sure that in the Mobile AP setting the "Hide my device" is unchecked.
for me, my computer didn't found the proper ip settings.
Any suggestions ?
I've got an EVO running CM6 stable with android-wireless-tether (pre7). I am able to pair/connect to my home PC by setting up a bluetooth PAN in Windows 7. I right click on my device, choose "Connect > Access Point" and it says "Connection Successful". The only thing I get now is "Identifying..." until I am stuck with the good ol' 169.xx... IP address.
I checked the log for the wireless tether app, and it shows:
Enabling NAT rules... done
Enabling IP forwarding... done
Tethering now running... done
error: SIOCSIFFLAGS (Cannot assign requested address)
I've done a little research on the error and tried a few suggestions (rebuild binary/config files, changing the default LAN IP in awt settings) to no avail.
I also tried disabling WiFi and just attempting to share the 3G connection which still isn't working out (same error). Can anyone help me out with this one? I've also tried awt pre8 with the same results.
I had same setup and problem. Started the supper user app and quit app. Powered down phone restarted phone. After restart WiFi tether worked fine. Don't know why .
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Just turn on wireless teather and the go to access conections fine androidap and connect to that. Why do you have to use blue tooth am I missing something? Wireless teather is in the settings with CM6 so you dont need an extra app for teather?
Thanks for the suggestions. I tried opening/closing SU app and rebooting, got the same result.
The reason why I am doing it this way is because I have a PC with only a network card (not WiFi). It's about 30/40 ft. from my router. Rather than buying a wireless card or some cable, I'm connecting via bluetooth and sharing my phones WiFi connection.
I understand if I had a WiFi adapter I could just use the built in Hotspot feature, but if I had WiFi, I would rather connect directly to the router.
I'm definitely interested in this too. At work, we have a no-wireless router policy, and I don't really feel like firing it up and have a guy holding a Fluke wireless network analyzer come and find me.
Bluetooth is alright for what I need. Seems to almost be a kernel issue or something. Worked *perfectly* with my N1, even with pre8. The EVO with CM6 stable isnt working. Just as a note, the wifi portion works correctly.
Actually let me rephrase : The bluetooth section does work, I believe there might be an issue related to the dnsmasq dhcp server not being able to serve IPs. The 'Upload' section of the information panel changes, the Green Download section stays 0.00. The client never receives an IP address, and thats about it.
Logcat didnt really show me much of anything critical error-wise, I'm really hoping that I can downgrade/upgrade a kernel in order to support whatever hardware changes there were between the N1 and the EVO.
I checked the wireless router wifi mode, and it no longer works either. 'Started with errors' is what I get now when in the wifi mode. The built-android wireless tether works fine, but I either wish I could hide the ESSID or have a bluetooth option available.
It *seems* related to the kernel, but logcat doesnt mention anything about not being able to load a module, and the wifi-tether app doesnt have a txt log, or does it?
so, my house internet keeps going out, xda has its search engines disabled right now and i dont have a high post count to go in the subforum i want. lmao.
i had both usb and wifi tether working before on myns rom, switched to synergy and it wont work. i get an error saying its not authenticated and use wifi hotspot. i go to wifi hotspot, turn it on and it wont grab an ip it seems like. anyone else have this issue?
I happily used wireless tethering on my rooted Desire, so figured it wouldn't be too different doing exactly the same with my new One X.
I originally tried to use the stock tethering option - new phone, new firmware. I wasn't surprised when it didn't work. So I waited until I had routed my phone to try the app I used on my Desire - Wireless Tether. It didn't work. So I tried WiFi Tether for Root Users (the update of Wireless Tether). And FoxFi. And ClockworkMod Tether. And WiFi HotSpot/WiFi Tether. And Barnacle Wifi Tether...
When I activate Wireless Tether (or WiFi Tether), it begins tethering "with errors, check log". I open the log and find it's failed: Setting ad-hoc mode, Setting essid, Setting channel and (if active) Activating encryption (iwconfig). The rest did not fail, but of course I can't see it in the network list due to the essid failing.
I can only assume the other apps encounter similar errors. FoxFi simply says "WiFi mode has failed on your phone. Please use Bluetooth mode instead.". When I try Bluetooth mode: "Fail to activate. Internet not detected.", although there is definite data up and down stream.
I'm connected to the 'EE' network, formerly Orange (they've changed names), though that didn't affect my Desire when I tried it last week, it still worked. I'm running Android Revolution HD 9.7.2. I've tried creating a new APN with the same settings, but that didn't change anything.
Acelister said:
I happily used wireless tethering on my rooted Desire, so figured it wouldn't be too different doing exactly the same with my new One X.
I originally tried to use the stock tethering option - new phone, new firmware. I wasn't surprised when it didn't work. So I waited until I had routed my phone to try the app I used on my Desire - Wireless Tether. It didn't work. So I tried WiFi Tether for Root Users (the update of Wireless Tether). And FoxFi. And ClockworkMod Tether. And WiFi HotSpot/WiFi Tether. And Barnacle Wifi Tether...
When I activate Wireless Tether (or WiFi Tether), it begins tethering "with errors, check log". I open the log and find it's failed: Setting ad-hoc mode, Setting essid, Setting channel and (if active) Activating encryption (iwconfig). The rest did not fail, but of course I can't see it in the network list due to the essid failing.
I can only assume the other apps encounter similar errors. FoxFi simply says "WiFi mode has failed on your phone. Please use Bluetooth mode instead.". When I try Bluetooth mode: "Fail to activate. Internet not detected.", although there is definite data up and down stream.
I'm connected to the 'EE' network, formerly Orange (they've changed names), though that didn't affect my Desire when I tried it last week, it still worked. I'm running Android Revolution HD 9.7.2. I've tried creating a new APN with the same settings, but that didn't change anything.
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I tried the other day to wifi tether my hox and couldn't but my old legend could, which is weird. I did mange to get it working by turning auto connect off on laptop and manually inputting the key. I ended up using usb tether in the end though, but only due to phone needing charging
USB tethering doesn't connect either...
I'm sure there may be something out there but honestly, I'm in a pinch and do not have time to search. I've always rooted my phone and purchased Foxfi for those times I do not have Wi-Fi on my laptop and need to do connect quickly. Today was one of those days as I needed to send a document, while I'm on vacation as I forgot to do it prior. I'm visiting my parents and they do not have internet (yes they are old school or as I call them... ancient) and could not connect my laptop. At times like this, Foxfi was my savior, into now when I went to turn it on my phone and I received a message that the app no longer works. Can anyone provide me with some background as to what happened and why? I'm running Android 8.1.0 / Oxygen 5.1.1 on my OnePlus 5. I've used the app before on this phone, so I know it use to work. Thank you.
Well, I don't know why it's not working, but why are you just not using the built in Portable Hotspot option? You can change the SSID, the password as well, you can do 2.4GHz and 5GHz, and there is a very convenient quick tile for turning on and off this hotspot.
You can find it by searching for "Tethering & portable hotspot" or by going to the Settings > Wireless & Network section: More > Tethering & portable hotspot.
Edit:
I just tried FoxFi, and it's not working for me either, saying the my carrier might not support tethering, which is not true. It offered me to download PdaNet+, with a new version of tethering, "WiFi Direct Hotspot (new!)", and this application is working and it seems to keep the licence from FoxFi, so you'll not have to buy it again.