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[Q] evo hotspot tethering and dd-wrt client bridge

This has been posted before, but I have found no solution in the thread.
As a network backup if/when internet fails me, I need to use the evo 4g to serve as the host for my client bridge (netgear with dd-wrt).
I've been using the client bridge successfully to connect to my Linksys router across the apartment.
I have to have a hard wired connection for my voip phone I use for work.
I match all the encryption, channel, ssid, etc. as I do for my normal network, but when I try to change everything over to match the cmod hotspot (not the wireless tether app which I have nothing but trouble with), it never works. All wired connections get a 169 IP from the router.
Google says that it needs to be in infrastructure mode, and it appears cmod7 uses that. I've tried a vast amount of different ssids, encryption methods, rebooting, etc.
Any info would be greatly appreciated. Does a different rom work better for this method, or do I need a different wifi app besides the one embedded in cmod7?

je1117 said:
This has been posted before, but I have found no solution in the thread.
As a network backup if/when internet fails me, I need to use the evo 4g to serve as the host for my client bridge (netgear with dd-wrt).
I've been using the client bridge successfully to connect to my Linksys router across the apartment.
I have to have a hard wired connection for my voip phone I use for work.
I match all the encryption, channel, ssid, etc. as I do for my normal network, but when I try to change everything over to match the cmod hotspot (not the wireless tether app which I have nothing but trouble with), it never works. All wired connections get a 169 IP from the router.
Google says that it needs to be in infrastructure mode, and it appears cmod7 uses that. I've tried a vast amount of different ssids, encryption methods, rebooting, etc.
Any info would be greatly appreciated. Does a different rom work better for this method, or do I need a different wifi app besides the one embedded in cmod7?
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I don't think the router is giving you 169 IP addresses, those are a default random IP address that the Windows TCP/IP is assigning itself by default, that was useful back in the workgroup and hub days before the internet. I am researching this for future use, and will check back.

[Q] Sprint Dial Up Networking

Need some help doing normal dial up networking with my epic, (running CleanGB 1.0) and need to do some dial up networking, (like the old school kind). I just got a ZyXel MWR-222 and it doesn't seem to recognize the kernel TUN module.
So now we're back to 2007, setting logins and passwords, and phone #'s, and APNs. Can anyone help me with what those should be on the current sprint network?
Additionally, how do you connect it? Do you just plug it in and choose charging? Do you choose tethering? Do you do something else?
Any and all help is appreciated. Thank you.
Gabe

Ur laptop has wifi right? I'm assuming
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http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
Try that. Its free wifi tether app. No need to use a travel router. Just search for a wireless router on ur laptop and it shoud see ur phone. On the app go into settings, check encryption and change passphrase, then change channel to 10. U should be good to go. This app works. I've use it and tested it for functionality.
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It's not a laptop. It's a mobile hotspot which means I need usb tethering. I have both the wireless and wired tether apps installed, however they won't work in this situation. I need to dial the APN by usb.

Try going into settings, then wireless networks and u should be able to tap on apn
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I have access to the apn settings and have mirrored them on the mobile router, (apn:Sprint, username:Sprint, no pw), as well as many other settings (including combinations of everything blank) with no luck. Tried #777 and *99# as the dialed number.

When u go into wireless networks, do u tap on "tethering"? Or when u plug it in usb, do u get the option for tethering alongside with charging and mass storage?
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I have both the wired tether app (http://code.google.com/p/android-wired-tether/downloads/list) as well as the option to tether connecting a usb device. I believe these offer the computer what appears to be a network adapter.
I don't think this device supports that. I used to use this type of tethering back with an old sanyo dumb phone. I think the computer (or in my case the wireless router, http://us.zyxel.com/products/details.aspx?PC1indexflag=PDCA200920&CategoryGroupNo=PDCA200927) is supposed to see a dial up modem.
Now obviously there are APN settings on the phone, (I'm using https://market.android.com/details?id=com.naskit.android.apnsettingsshortcut# to get to them). However, I'm not sure how the APN settings relate to what should be on the wireless router (they recommend no username, password, APN, etc). Moreso, I"m not sure if I should set the phone for charging, tether, or mass storage when the USB is connected.
I suspect that the phone simply lacks the ability to interpret generic whatever generic dialing is used. (The wireless router is designed for single-purpose usb modems as listed on it's page.) And I suspect the wireless router lacks the ability to execute what it wants (in debug mode or such) on the phone.

Ok, when u connect ur phone to ur pc and ur given those 3. Options, tap on tethering, and another screen should prompt u on ur phone. I've done this before, but its been awhile since, so ia m rusty on some of the process..(please excuse me)
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I've tried it using the tether option that appears when you plug the USB in. Neither that or the wired tether app appears to work.

gdbassett said:
I've tried it using the tether option that appears when you plug the USB in. Neither that or the wired tether app appears to work.
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ok...what exactly are you trying to tether though? a portable router or a laptop?

a zyxel mwr-222 portable wireless hotspot. You can read about it here: http://us.zyxel.com/products/details.aspx?PC1indexflag=PDCA200920&CategoryGroupNo=PDCA200927

Yea..I know what that is. Its a wireless router. But are using it for a laptop? Does ur laptop not have wifi capability? That's what I'm asking. If it does, u shouldn't need that. I would have to do some further research on the dialup for the epic.
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I've got two primary use cases.
1. Access point for a car. ipod, android tablet, 2 laptops, a cell phone or two. It'll also serve as hub for providing access to media stored locally.
2. Access point to stream video/audio to allow remote DJ'ing to a theater which only has sketchy wifi access.
3. As a network core I can use for establishing a network where ever I am.
While there are probably multiple other solutions, this seems to be the best product for those. Except that it doesn't seem to do the job. (The emails to Zyxel support haven't been very promising either.)

gdbassett said:
I've got two primary use cases.
1. Access point for a car. ipod, android tablet, 2 laptops, a cell phone or two. It'll also serve as hub for providing access to media stored locally.
2. Access point to stream video/audio to allow remote DJ'ing to a theater which only has sketchy wifi access.
3. As a network core I can use for establishing a network where ever I am.
While there are probably multiple other solutions, this seems to be the best product for those. Except that it doesn't seem to do the job. (The emails to Zyxel support haven't been very promising either.)
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beside the car... the other devices can work off of wifi connection, and you can make your epic as a direct point of access. router not needed.

LORDFIRE00 said:
beside the car... the other devices can work off of wifi connection, and you can make your epic as a direct point of access. router not needed.
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Yep other than the car you can download wifi tether beta (google it, if you can't find it I can upload the apk for you tomorrow sometime just let me know) it works great... after downloading and before launching go into the settings and set devuce profile as epic 4g and then the next setting setup method needs to be softap... now you can wirelessly tether to anything that has a wifi driver...
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For the purpose of this thread, please assume I do not want to wifi tether directly to my phone and instead want to make the zyxel portable wifi router work.

well if your going to use that router...than you might have some problems. have you check the technical support page for that router?
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wait a minute, have you clicked on wireless and network on the phone and clicked on tethering option? it should give you the option to check mark usb connection.

gdbassett said:
For the purpose of this thread, please assume I do not want to wifi tether directly to my phone and instead want to make the zyxel portable wifi router work.
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You seem to be very close minded about a solution to your problem. That being said, what are your concerns with using wifi tethering directly to your phone? Range? 5 device limit? Stability? The built in tethering app (renamed from Sprint Hotspot to Wireless Hotspot) in CleanGB seems very stable to me, compared to older versions of WifiTether and it works in infastructure mode which should work with all devices.
If you also need a wired solution, you could use an older cheap wireless router with a third party firmware as a wireless client bridge. I use a Linksys WRT54Gv4 with DD-WRT running for this purpose.
If you absolutely have to use your zyxel, use a DD-WRT router as a wireless client to your phone and then connect a LAN port on the DD-WRT router to the WAN port of the zyxel. This assumes you are not using the failover option of the zyxel. You can use the USB port of the zyxel to charge the phone.
Edit: Another benifit of the WRT-54G series is that they run on 12V DC so you could easily make an adapter to plug into your ciggarette lighter. I also have a WRT-54Gv6 which will work as well, just not as capable a router as the earlier versions.
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I think what iKm going to do is buy a $35 rasberry pi (when they become available). It should support my epic as a tethered usb network device. I can then use the rasberry pi to route both the Epic (and the pi's wifi) as WAN connections to the zyxel's WAN ethernet port. Combined with a verizon usb modem that should give me my choice of 3 WAN connections (including a 3 WAN redundancy).

WiFi Keeps Dropping/Disconnecting Through Second Router

First of all, I have internet from Time Warner Cable and it came with a router/modem all in one. Now that was initially set up and that works 100% perfectly with my SGS2. Since I have a weak WiFi signal upstairs in a couple of rooms, I decided to hook up an extra router that is set up as an access point. The second router is connected via a cat5e lan to lan to my main router (home is wired with cat5e connections).
Now on the second router, I have disabled DHCP since the main router is responsible for that. On the second router, I set up a different SSID first to test it out. All wired and wireless connections worked great through my laptop/Xbox 360, PS3. My SGS2 connected fine as well and worked.
Now the issue is that the SGS2 "drops" the WiFi after some time. Sometimes it happens after 5 minutes, sometimes 30 minutes, etc. Even with the SGS2 right next to the router it happens. Meanwhile, my laptop stays connected the whole time.
I can't seem to figure out what the issue is now. I've reset the second router a couple times and set it up all over fresh but it doesn't fix the problem. Seems to be a problem with my brother's Sensation as well. Is there something with Android and access points or going through a second router that causes issues? Any other settings I'm overlooking? SGS2 connected to the main router stays connected until I turn WiFi off. But to the access point, it drops out after some time.
FYI: Second router (access point) is running DD-WRT firmware.
If you need any other info, just ask. I'll be home from work in a couple hours. I've been messing with this for the last 2 weeks but nothing seems to work. Please help! Thanks.

Hmm thats very odd. Im running a similar setup as you, except my main and 2nd router connect via 5ghtz N.
Have you tried statically your phone with an IP address then modifying your main router (that gives DHCP) to reflect that IP is permanently assigned?
edit: to hard set your phone...settings-->wireless and network-->wifi settings, then menu key and advanced. Just fill in the IP and gateway info, and obviously use something in your DHCP subnet. You'll have to look at your DHCP subnet, but you'll probably use 255.255.255.224 as your mask, and use your gateway (your main router IP) as your DNS.

shorty87 said:
First of all, I have internet from Time Warner Cable and it came with a router/modem all in one. Now that was initially set up and that works 100% perfectly with my SGS2. Since I have a weak WiFi signal upstairs in a couple of rooms, I decided to hook up an extra router that is set up as an access point. The second router is connected via a cat5e lan to lan to my main router (home is wired with cat5e connections).
Now on the second router, I have disabled DHCP since the main router is responsible for that. On the second router, I set up a different SSID first to test it out. All wired and wireless connections worked great through my laptop/Xbox 360, PS3. My SGS2 connected fine as well and worked.
Now the issue is that the SGS2 "drops" the WiFi after some time. Sometimes it happens after 5 minutes, sometimes 30 minutes, etc. Even with the SGS2 right next to the router it happens. Meanwhile, my laptop stays connected the whole time.
I can't seem to figure out what the issue is now. I've reset the second router a couple times and set it up all over fresh but it doesn't fix the problem. Seems to be a problem with my brother's Sensation as well. Is there something with Android and access points or going through a second router that causes issues? Any other settings I'm overlooking? SGS2 connected to the main router stays connected until I turn WiFi off. But to the access point, it drops out after some time.
FYI: Second router (access point) is running DD-WRT firmware.
If you need any other info, just ask. I'll be home from work in a couple hours. I've been messing with this for the last 2 weeks but nothing seems to work. Please help! Thanks.
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Try giving your phone a static IP from your main router. Also make sure that you adjust your phones wifi settings under advanced settings so that your phone stays connected to wifi during sleep. Hope that helps.
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blackangst said:
Hmm thats very odd. Im running a similar setup as you, except my main and 2nd router connect via 5ghtz N.
Have you tried statically your phone with an IP address then modifying your main router (that gives DHCP) to reflect that IP is permanently assigned?
edit: to hard set your phone...settings-->wireless and network-->wifi settings, then menu key and advanced. Just fill in the IP and gateway info, and obviously use something in your DHCP subnet. You'll have to look at your DHCP subnet, but you'll probably use 255.255.255.224 as your mask, and use your gateway (your main router IP) as your DNS.
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Well my phone is getting the same IP address each time, whether I connect to the main router's SSID or the second router's SSID. But I will try this static IP. One problem is that I don't know how to find out my DHCP range. There's nothing in the main router's settings about the range. The second router has an option to set the IP address range for DHCP but the main router doesn't. See attached image.
I'll try to set the static IP around what the IP addresses of other devices on the network are since I don't know the exact range. Let me know if I'm doing this wrong. Not sure what you meant by 255.255.255.224 there.

The static IP didn't make a difference. Still keeps disconnecting/dropping after some time. Meanwhile, the connection with the main router stays connected. Don't know what else I can do. Seems that my HP Touchpad running CM9 stays connected to the second router without dropping. Don't know what's different about that from my phone.
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Does anybody have some instructions on how to set up the second router as an access point? I'm pretty sure I set it up correctly but apparently there seem to be some issues. People who have a similar setup that can help would be great.
Main router from cable company with built in modem where internet connectivity comes from is downstairs. Connect cat5e from LAN of main router to LAN of second router upstairs. Second router set up as access point for better WiFi coverage upstairs.
2 options for second router: DD-WRT D-Link DIR-615 or D-Link DIR-625.
"Could" buy some other recommended router for this and try that if needed, but would definitely prefer to use what I have and get this to work.

This might be completely off but I had a similar issue with my SII when connecting to 802.1x networks at my University. I downloaded this app called wifi fixer and it resolved the wifi connection drop for about 90% of the time. Give it a shot, it might do wonders for ya.

iLeopard said:
This might be completely off but I had a similar issue with my SII when connecting to 802.1x networks at my University. I downloaded this app called wifi fixer and it resolved the wifi connection drop for about 90% of the time. Give it a shot, it might do wonders for ya.
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I tried it and it didn't work. I think it's something to do with DHCP or some other settings.
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shorty87 said:
Does anybody have some instructions on how to set up the second router as an access point? I'm pretty sure I set it up correctly but apparently there seem to be some issues. People who have a similar setup that can help would be great.
Main router from cable company with built in modem where internet connectivity comes from is downstairs. Connect cat5e from LAN of main router to LAN of second router upstairs. Second router set up as access point for better WiFi coverage upstairs.
2 options for second router: DD-WRT D-Link DIR-615 or D-Link DIR-625.
"Could" buy some other recommended router for this and try that if needed, but would definitely prefer to use what I have and get this to work.
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First you need to find out if your router is supported. According to the DD-WRT database, the 615 is, the 625 is not. But there are several revisions of that router, so you need to find out what revision you have. It should be on your label.
Router database
Then you need to decide whether you want a repeater, an access point, or client bridged. You can read the differences in the DD-WRT wiki found HERE
Then you need to find the best build to flash to your router. I suggest reading the overview of the 615 found HERE. Read the ENTIRE thread. If you flash the wrong version to your router, you WILL brick it.
Then flash the appropriate firmware, set it up, and youre done. Youre going to have to do some reading.
edit: I would also suggest downloading wifi analyzer on your phone and do a site survey of available channels in your house. Most likely you WILL have interference from neighbors. Youre going to want to hard set your channel to the least congested channel, either 1, 6, or 11. Once you get DD-WRT set up on your 615 you can do a site survey within the router as well.

change the channel on your router to 6 not 11 i had that issue with our second router and actually my nook color. Depending on the router it should be under wireless settings.

RaverX3X said:
change the channel on your router to 6 not 11 i had that issue with our second router and actually my nook color. Depending on the router it should be under wireless settings.
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The only reason to use one over the other is congestion. Thats it. And you want to use 1, 6, or 11 because the DIR615 has N capability, and you need a wifi primary channel to use N. Theres only 3 primary channels...1, 6, and 11.
edit: Heres a technical overview of N: CLICK ME!

blackangst said:
First you need to find out if your router is supported. According to the DD-WRT database, the 615 is, the 625 is not. But there are several revisions of that router, so you need to find out what revision you have. It should be on your label.
Router database
Then you need to decide whether you want a repeater, an access point, or client bridged. You can read the differences in the DD-WRT wiki found HERE
Then you need to find the best build to flash to your router. I suggest reading the overview of the 615 found HERE. Read the ENTIRE thread. If you flash the wrong version to your router, you WILL brick it.
Then flash the appropriate firmware, set it up, and youre done. Youre going to have to do some reading.
edit: I would also suggest downloading wifi analyzer on your phone and do a site survey of available channels in your house. Most likely you WILL have interference from neighbors. Youre going to want to hard set your channel to the least congested channel, either 1, 6, or 11. Once you get DD-WRT set up on your 615 you can do a site survey within the router as well.
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I have actually done all that. The DIR-615 is an E1 version and I flashed the correct DD-WRT firmware on it. I followed a tutorial from the DD-WRT website to set it up as an access point as well. My laptop works perfectly with it. Just my phone keeps dropping the connection from it. My main router is on channel 11 and the second router is on channel 6. I also tried channel 1 but it didn't help.
I might just to try set it up as a second router on a different subnet than the first router and see if that helps. Going to try to follow this Youtube video and see how it goes.

shorty87 said:
I have actually done all that. The DIR-615 is an E1 version and I flashed the correct DD-WRT firmware on it. I followed a tutorial from the DD-WRT website to set it up as an access point as well. My laptop works perfectly with it. Just my phone keeps dropping the connection from it. My main router is on channel 11 and the second router is on channel 6. I also tried channel 1 but it didn't help.
I might just to try set it up as a second router on a different subnet than the first router and see if that helps. Going to try to follow this Youtube video and see how it goes.
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Hhmm ok. Well your main router shouldn't have anything to do with it. When it drops does it re-aquire an IP and reconnect? Honestly if a reboot of the router doesn't fix it and your laptop doesn't have the same issue, its pointing to the phone.
Maybe a factory reset?
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blackangst said:
Hhmm ok. Well your main router shouldn't have anything to do with it. When it drops does it re-aquire an IP and reconnect? Honestly if a reboot of the router doesn't fix it and your laptop doesn't have the same issue, its pointing to the phone.
Maybe a factory reset?
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It reconnects when I unlock the phone. Sometimes I have to reset the Wifi on the phone. Have set the Wifi connection to never sleep. My brother's Sensation was doing this as well. I'll have to test it out on his phone and see. I'll probably reset my phone later today and see if that works.
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[Q] 2.3.4 DInc Can't see or connect to Ad Hoc after changing wpa_supplicant

So I have scoured the forums and Google for answers. They suggested changing things in the wpa_supplicant file, or replacing it all together. This ranged from /system/bin wpa_supplicant, to /system/etc/wifi wpa_supplicant.conf, to /data/misc/wifi wpa_supplicant.conf.
I have added the ad hoc network to my DInc, sitting right in front of the computer, DInc won't pick it up.
The only reason I am trying to create an ad hoc is because I do not have a data plan, and my DInc won't connect to my router across the house. I literally have to sit next to the router for my phone to connect and handshake properly. But anywhere in my home my phone can pick up the signal, and the signal strength ranges from -55dBm to -90dBm. I have narrowed it down to the problem of the DInc not having a very being able to reach out very far itself. I guess that couples with all of maybe 3 walls with minimal wiring/piping and whatnot in them means it's going to rage at me.
Does any one have a solution to my problem?
Any help would be loved considering this problem just seems so ridiculous.
I HAVE:
HTC Droid Incredible Root with S-on
2.3.4 Gingerbread
Baseband version
2.15.10.12.20
Kernel version
2.6.35.13-g22d3486 (idk if the other stuff is needed for that >_>)
Build number
4.08.605.15 710RD
Browser version
Webkit/533.1
PRI version
1.70_002
PRL version
58006
ERI version
5
I'm not sure if any other info is needed, please let me know.

MyVodka said:
So I have scoured the forums and Google for answers. They suggested changing things in the wpa_supplicant file, or replacing it all together. This ranged from /system/bin wpa_supplicant, to /system/etc/wifi wpa_supplicant.conf, to /data/misc/wifi wpa_supplicant.conf.
I have added the ad hoc network to my DInc, sitting right in front of the computer, DInc won't pick it up.
The only reason I am trying to create an ad hoc is because I do not have a data plan, and my DInc won't connect to my router across the house. I literally have to sit next to the router for my phone to connect and handshake properly. But anywhere in my home my phone can pick up the signal, and the signal strength ranges from -55dBm to -90dBm. I have narrowed it down to the problem of the DInc not having a very being able to reach out very far itself. I guess that couples with all of maybe 3 walls with minimal wiring/piping and whatnot in them means it's going to rage at me.
Does any one have a solution to my problem?
Any help would be loved considering this problem just seems so ridiculous.
I HAVE:
HTC Droid Incredible Root with S-on
2.3.4 Gingerbread
Baseband version
2.15.10.12.20
Kernel version
2.6.35.13-g22d3486 (idk if the other stuff is needed for that >_>)
Build number
4.08.605.15 710RD
Browser version
Webkit/533.1
PRI version
1.70_002
PRL version
58006
ERI version
5
I'm not sure if any other info is needed, please let me know.
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How far are you from the router, i can pick mine up for about a half a block from my house? I would check your router settings and make sure it is transmiting at ful power.
As for the ad hoc thing just so im clear, you have a wired pc with built in wifi or a wifi dongle? Your trying to share your pc's net with your phone?

cmlusco said:
How far are you from the router, i can pick mine up for about a half a block from my house? I would check your router settings and make sure it is transmiting at ful power.
As for the ad hoc thing just so im clear, you have a wired pc with built in wifi or a wifi dongle? Your trying to share your pc's net with your phone?
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I'm 20-30 ft from my router, and it's transmitting at it's highest gain. I said that my phone can detect it and it has very good to full signal strength on my phone, but it acts as if it can't reach out and talk to the router.
For the pc thing, my pc isn't hooked to an ethernet cable it has a Belkin Wireless G Desktop card in the PCI E, and I'm trying to make a wireless ad hoc connection. Obviously my own PC can detect that ad hoc network, I haven't been able to see if the other computers here pick it up.
I hope I didn't just screw up and forget that I need to be hard wired to my router to make an ad hoc... >_>

MyVodka said:
I'm 20-30 ft from my router, and it's transmitting at it's highest gain. I said that my phone can detect it and it has very good to full signal strength on my phone, but it acts as if it can't reach out and talk to the router.
For the pc thing, my pc isn't hooked to an ethernet cable it has a Belkin Wireless G Desktop card in the PCI E, and I'm trying to make a wireless ad hoc connection. Obviously my own PC can detect that ad hoc network, I haven't been able to see if the other computers here pick it up.
I hope I didn't just screw up and forget that I need to be hard wired to my router to make an ad hoc... >_>
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Have you tried setting your router and phone to use a stattic ip?
You either need to be hard wired, or have 2 wifi dongles, one for connecting to the router to get the net, and the other for making the connection between the pc and the phone. At least im pretty sure thats how it works, unless your dongle has the capability to have 2 connections. Not sure if that even exists.

cmlusco said:
Have you tried setting your router and phone to use a stattic ip?
You either need to be hard wired, or have 2 wifi dongles, one for connecting to the router to get the net, and the other for making the connection between the pc and the phone. At least im pretty sure thats how it works, unless your dongle has the capability to have 2 connections. Not sure if that even exists.
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I do have a USB dongle, as you call it. Never heard it called hat before this forum, ha... I can plug that in since I have the drivers for it already loaded, and make it the ad hoc. But that still leaves the problem of my DInc not seeing it. I know by default it can't detect ad hoc for what ever the dev's reasons are, and editing things allows it to work. Should I try the methods I attempted before again or is there something that I missed.
I had a lot of trouble simply finding anything related to the DInc to begin with, and whether that part is important or not, I don't know.

Okay I set up an Ad Hoc properly, other computers can pick it up now. I still can't get my DInc to pick it up. I guess I could go back through and try the options I did before with the wpa_supplicant files, and see if that works.

MyVodka said:
Okay I set up an Ad Hoc properly, other computers can pick it up now. I still can't get my DInc to pick it up. I guess I could go back through and try the options I did before with the wpa_supplicant files, and see if that works.
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Make sure that the usb adapter the inc is trying to connect to is broadcasting at 2.4ghz and not 5ghz. Also make sure its using G and not N.

cmlusco said:
Make sure that the usb adapter the inc is trying to connect to is broadcasting at 2.4ghz and not 5ghz. Also make sure its using G and not N.
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PROBLEM SOLVED! Thank you for the help with the ad hoc set up. I used one of the .zip files i had on my desktop for a wpa_supplicant replacement, and i added that to /system/bin and then turned my wifi on, and it's all working.
I felt like putting the file up here for anyone else to use if they pop by from a google search or something.

MyVodka said:
PROBLEM SOLVED! Thank you for the help with the ad hoc set up. I used one of the .zip files i had on my desktop for a wpa_supplicant replacement, and i added that to /system/bin and then turned my wifi on, and it's all working.
I felt like putting the file up here for anyone else to use if they pop by from a google search or something.
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Good to hear. I attempted this just for fun, but it turns out my wifi adaper will only transmit in n and not b or g. Oh well i dont need it anyways.

cmlusco said:
Good to hear. I attempted this just for fun, but it turns out my wifi adaper will only transmit in n and not b or g. Oh well i dont need it anyways.
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Ahh, well luckily mine was g so i finally got some luck with this

I'm actually using my DINC as a wi-fi only device now & was having the same issues as you were with the ad-hoc. I used the same wpa file that you posted but to no avail for me. I'm trying to tether my DINC to my Droid DNA. Are there any other settings on the DINC that need to be changed? I can't even turn the wi-fi on with the wpa file you shared.
My DINC is as follows:
MIUI Rom 2.11.9.0
Android 4.1.2
Baseband 2.15.10.12.20
Kernel 2.6.38.8-incredikernel-jb
Would really like to tether this to the DNA.

S4 tethering to a Draytek router

Anyone know how I can attach a Galaxy S4 mini to a Draytek 2820n router?
I'll give a bit of background that might explain why I'm trying to do what I'm doing.
I'm a heavy internet user. I need to download medical image files that are 300MB at a time on a frequent basis, as well as wanting to do usual downloading from iPlayer, Sky etc, plus app updates and all the usual keeping computers up to date. I live somewhere that I cannot get a decent ADSL connection (download speed is about 256Kb/s) never mind fibre. However, do have a good 3G (HSDPA) connection with three.co.uk. Have a Draytek 2820n router so I can use a 3G dongle via the router's USB so in essence the whole house has a fairly rapid internet connection. Only problem is that three's mobile broadband plans limit you to 15GB cap per month.
I've got a Galaxy S4 mini on monthly contract which gives unlimited (All You Can Eat) data and allows tethering.
I've been able to successfully connect wifi devices to the S4 via wifi tethering and use the internet but it's a pain having to switch wifi connections if say I want to control an XBMC server on my LAN, for instance. What would be ideal is to have the router distribute the S4's internet around. I can't just put the SIM in a mobile dongle as three have a way of blocking that (something to do with IMEI recognition) and I don't want to risk trying it.
Anyone got any ideas how I might be able to go about this. The Draytek router has various settings you can put into the 3G setup - I've attached a screenshot. I've tried various things but nothing works and I'm not sure how to access the router's debugging output. I set the S4 with USB debugging on in the developer settings. Wondering if there is something I can do that is fairly straightforward on the S4 so that I can try some generic dial string settings on the router to see if that works. I'd read something about putting the S4 into USB Kies mode but I don't seem to have that option.
My other thought was I might be able to leave the S4 in wifi tethering mode and somehow bridge this with my router but that would probably screw up my LAN DHCP assignments as I'd have to switch the router DHCP off and then I would be limited to 10 connections.
Sorry it's a bit long and complex. Any thoughts anyone?