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Cyanogen USB tether help

Running the latest cyanogen and can't figure out how to setup USB tethering. I assume I need some type of driver for my phone but am having trouble finding one. Anyone been succesful setting it up?

all you need is to go in to settings and the wireless control and scrol down to usb tethering and just clik on that while your phone is connected to the pc and you got internet...........it was that easy for me

sorin129 said:
all you need is to go in to settings and the wireless control and scrol down to usb tethering and just clik on that while your phone is connected to the pc and you got internet...........it was that easy for me
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Hmm... pc comes up with the new hardware install wizard and asks for an android driver. I need to install the phone somehow.

acis said:
Running the latest cyanogen and can't figure out how to setup USB tethering. I assume I need some type of driver for my phone but am having trouble finding one. Anyone been succesful setting it up?
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If you're running windows XP the driver isn't included on your computer. Some people have installed HTC Sync to get the drivers, personally I got them from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=445436
I can confirm that the driver from that post works, I am using tethering with my laptop right now to write this post!

bassderek said:
If you're running windows XP the driver isn't included on your computer. Some people have installed HTC Sync to get the drivers, personally I got them from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=445436
I can confirm that the driver from that post works, I am using tethering with my laptop right now to write this post!
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Worked for me, thank you sir!

That was exactly my problem, thanks a ton.

Same there. Thanks !

acis said:
Hmm... pc comes up with the new hardware install wizard and asks for an android driver. I need to install the phone somehow.
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glad it worked for you

Linux drivers
Hello I am using Linux (gentoo, so I need kernel options, not binary modules, really). Does anyone know what drivers/mechanism can be used to configure USB tethering on a Linux host?

Linux kernel support for USB tethering
To answer my own question... The relevant kernel options under kernel version 2.6.31 seem to be:
CONFIG_USB_USBNET=m
CONFIG_USB_NET_CDCETHER=m
CONFIG_USB_NET_RNDIS_HOST=m
If you 'cd /usr/src/linux; make menuconfig' You can key '/' to initiate a search for the substrings 'usbnet', 'cdcether', etc. They are under:
Code:
│ -> Device Drivers
│ -> Network device support (NETDEVICES [=y])
│ -> USB Network Adapters
For CyanogenMod-4.2.3.1 (and similar verions):
When you connect your phone via usb, browse (on the phone) to Settings -> Wireless controls, and check 'Internet tethering'.
On your host linux machine the node /dev/usb0 should be created. Run 'dmesg' to see if it is registered. Type 'lsmod' to see if you have a listing like:
Code:
rndis_host 6160 0
cdc_ether 4236 1 rndis_host
usbnet 13196 2 rndis_host,cdc_ether
I am assuming you have kernel module auto-loading enabled. If not try running 'modprobe rndis_host'. You should hopefully then have /dev/usb0 or similar.
Furthermore this should be recognised as a network interface and be listed by 'ifconfig -a'. The interface can then be configured in the usual way, i.e.:
Code:
ifconfig usb0 up
dhcpcd usb0
Whereon the phone seems to automagically provide dhcp and dns. Hope this helps fellow linux users. I can provide further details of my working configuration if anyone has difficulty.
The USB tethered device is much friendlier on battery. Previously I was having to plug my wireless tethered phone into my laptop just to keep it alive. It was very hot and would sometimes loose the charging battle (i.e. putting out more power over 3G and Wifi than accepting from USB charging). The proper USB networking device interface is much preferable and should theoretically provide superior performance than the higher level Java-based NAT approaches previously seen, although I have not yet noticed reduced latency.
The only issue from an open source perspective is that the RNDIS protocol does not seem like a very pleasant option, being encumbered with a proprietary license and limited documentation from what I have read. I wonder why android does not support open source CDC alternatives (which I am lead to believe do exist).

I'm on mac and I can't figure how to get connected by usb. Do I have to configure Firefox ?

silasdavis,
Thanks a ton!
That got me working.
I was unable to get the tethering to work with Wifi. I would be able to see it as a network in Wicd but could never get an IP.
Could you shed some light on how you did this? I am a Gentoo user as well.
It took me a while to figure it out but what I did was made a symlink in /etc/init.d from net.usb0 to net.lo and that was the only way I could start it. using ifconfig usb up didn't seem to work.
:: edit ::
BTW, I posted (and am editing) this using USB tethering
It is kind of nostalgic for me... like I'm on dialup or something.

How fast is the connection across the tether, could it handle an RDP connection to a desktop at home?

@captsammy
It's of course going to depend on your 3g connection more than anything else, but I just got the following results from speedtest.net when tethering via usb:
Ping 78ms (not bad actually, for 3g)
Download 1.03Mbps (about 120 kilobytes/s)
Upload: 0.32Mbps (about 40 kilobytes/s)
That would almost certainly suffice for a remote desktop connection, bandwidth wise, but as will be the case with every connection via cell-phone wireless, it will be incredibly laggy due to poor latency (ping 78).

silasdavis said:
Lots of linux config....
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That was exactly what I was looking for.
I personally just compiled them built-in rather than modules, but great info!
Posted from Gentoo tethered to my G1

Ubuntu Karmic Koala
To whom it concerns: on Ubuntu Karmic Koala USB tethering works out of the box - all the necessary modules are loaded automatically, the station gets the DHCP parameters and sets the IP address and routing rules automatically and you're ready to go - no configuration needed.

usb tether - code 10 - win xp
Heres my problem
Using mt3g with cyanogen 4.2.7.1. On my win xp laptop i previously installed the android sdk/adb deal to do shell stuff like manual sd partitioning. I enable tethering on tje device but windows cannot install the htc ndis driver. I get the code 10 error.
Heres the kicker, i am running the same windows version on my desktop computer but have not installed the sdk. Tethering works fine.
It seems that something to do with the sdk install on the laptop prevents the usb tethering. I dont know what do to to make this work.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
Paul
Mt3g
Cyan 4.2.7.1
Enoch theme
501 ext4
97mb swap

Running CM 4.2.8.1 on mt3g and having trouble with USB Tethering to my MacBook Pro. I have the sdk installed but I'm not sure what I would need to enter in Terminal to get it connected as a USB ethernet device.
Any tips?

Windows 7 home premium
how to setup for win 7 ?? i tick internet tethering inside wireless control .. it doest do the work .. any driver for win 7 ?? im using cyanogenmod 4.2.8 too

Win7 automatically installs driver for Remote NDIS
I am on a Windows 7 laptop and have the Android SDK installed. On the phone side, I am running CyanogenMod v. 4.2.12.2 on an HTC ADP1.
USB Internet Tethering works like a charm. I am posting this via USB tether to a WiFi connected phone (3G tether also works). Great work by Cyanogen and co-workers!
To get tethering running on Win7, I first enabled USB Internet Tethering on the phone, before connecting it to the Win7 laptop. Win7 then automatically installed the Remote NDIS based Internet Sharing Device driver and connected to the phone. No configuration required.
Perhaps the people having trouble on Win7 didn't enable tethering on the phone before connecting to Win7? However, now I can actually enable/disable tethering with the phone constantly connected to USB and Win7 loads the correct drivers on the fly.

USB Tethering with evo 4g and playing nice with adb

Playing with the android-wired-tether app I noticed that it doesn't work with android debugging on.
If I enable it with adb enabled, I get this error in dmesg on my computer:
Code:
usb 1-1: config 1 has 2 interfaces, different from the descriptor's value: 3
usb 1-1: Duplicate descriptor for config 1 interface 0 altsetting 0, skipping
Looking around on the device, I can see that ethernet is enabled in /sys/devices/platform/msm_hsusb/usb_function_switch
Code:
usb_mass_storage:disable
adb:enable
diag:disable
serial:disable
ether:enable
modem:disable
nmea:disable
However, with adb disabled the tethering app works fine.

tonyb486 said:
Playing with the android-wired-tether app I noticed that it doesn't work with android debugging on.
If I enable it with adb enabled, I get this error in dmesg on my computer:
Code:
usb 1-1: config 1 has 2 interfaces, different from the descriptor's value: 3
usb 1-1: Duplicate descriptor for config 1 interface 0 altsetting 0, skipping
Looking around on the device, I can see that ethernet is enabled in /sys/devices/platform/msm_hsusb/usb_function_switch
Code:
usb_mass_storage:disable
adb:enable
diag:disable
serial:disable
ether:enable
modem:disable
nmea:disable
However, with adb disabled the tethering app works fine.
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so the wired tether app (from the devs of Wireless tether) works on the evo?
interesting...

Tried that app few days ago, didn't work. Didn't uninstall it hoping someone would eventually get it to work, somehow... stock rom w/ unrevoked root.

How should this app work? With PDANet, it appears that you need to install a piece of software on your computer. Will this app just appear like a normal internet connection when its working? Also, their site http://code.google.com/p/android-wired-tether/ mentions changing the kernel of the phone, but that's not necessary with the Evo, is it?

Saturn2K said:
How should this app work? With PDANet, it appears that you need to install a piece of software on your computer. Will this app just appear like a normal internet connection when its working? Also, their site xxxxxxx mentions changing the kernel of the phone, but that's not necessary with the Evo, is it?
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I have the wifi tether 2.0.5.pre2.apk installed on my EVO. Tested today at school, had 4 people connected over it no problems at all. Not sure why you would prefer wired tethering over wireless....
Grab it here android-wifi-tether.googlecode.com/files/wireless_tether_2_0_5-pre2.apk

SteelH said:
I have the wifi tether 2.0.5.pre2.apk installed on my EVO. Tested today at school, had 4 people connected over it no problems at all. Not sure why you would prefer wired tethering over wireless....
Grab it here android-wifi-tether.googlecode.com/files/wireless_tether_2_0_5-pre2.apk
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wired is faster from my experience...

Is it just me...I don't pay for PAM but I have been able to get the built in wired tethering working without getting error code 67

dmc971989 said:
wired is faster from my experience...
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I'll have to give that a try then.

Android wired tether works if you disable debugging and usb mass storage in /sys/devices/platform/msm_hsusb/usb_function_switch. Once you disable the mass storage I have to reboot the phone to get Windows to recognize the SD card. Great find by the OP.

eme82 said:
Is it just me...I don't pay for PAM but I have been able to get the built in wired tethering working without getting error code 67
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What are your settings?

Nothing special...I'm rooted using a slightly modded stock (themed and bloatware removed). I just thought I would try it one day and it worked. It didn't work on my hero without error code 67

eme82 said:
Nothing special...I'm rooted using a slightly modded stock (themed and bloatware removed). I just thought I would try it one day and it worked. It didn't work on my hero without error code 67
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Did you try using it? The sprint mobile hotspot seems to work for about a minute before I get the error 67.

hotspot gave me error code 67

Thanks to evildean over at the android central forums I made a one click solution for usb wired tethering.
http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-hero-roms-hacks/16798-usb-tether-old-school-method.html
Download Gscript Lite and create a script that can be placed on the Home screen.
Create script with Superuser checked and type in
/system/bin/netsharing net on && echo 4 > /sys/devices/platform/msm_hsusb/usb_function_switch

canteenboy said:
Thanks to evildean over at the android central forums I made a one click solution for usb wired tethering.
http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-hero-roms-hacks/16798-usb-tether-old-school-method.html
Download Gscript Lite and create a script that can be placed on the Home screen.
Create script with Superuser checked and type in
/system/bin/netsharing net on && echo 4 > /sys/devices/platform/msm_hsusb/usb_function_switch
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Thank you, this is such a hacked up weird thing, but it works!

Works like a champ! Looks like USB Debug has to be turned on (I don't know if that was posted above or not, can't remember). Thanks a bunch!

canteenboy said:
Android wired tether works if you disable debugging and usb mass storage in /sys/devices/platform/msm_hsusb/usb_function_switch. Once you disable the mass storage I have to reboot the phone to get Windows to recognize the SD card. Great find by the OP.
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I figured out how to get it working. The easiest way to use android-wired-tether is to install GScript Lite and automate this.
Before running Wired Tether, run this command:
echo 4 > /sys/devices/platform/msm_hsusb/usb_function_switch
It will shut off adb and usb mass storage while turning on ethernet.
When you are done tethering, use this command.
echo 3 > /sys/devices/platform/msm_hsusb/usb_function_switch
It turns off ethernet while turning adb and usb mass storage back on.
Edit: If you'd feel better about not turning on ethernet immediately, Wired Tether also works if you use "echo 0 > ..." which will just disable everything. That's now what I'm using, it's the simplest.

Saturn2K said:
I figured out how to get it working. The easiest way to use android-wired-tether is to install GScript Lite and automate this.
Before running Wired Tether, run this command:
echo 4 > /sys/devices/platform/msm_hsusb/usb_function_switch
It will shut off adb and usb mass storage while turning on ethernet.
When you are done tethering, use this command.
echo 3 > /sys/devices/platform/msm_hsusb/usb_function_switch
It turns off ethernet while turning adb and usb mass storage back on.
Edit: If you'd feel better about not turning on ethernet immediately, Wired Tether also works if you use "echo 0 > ..." which will just disable everything. That's now what I'm using, it's the simplest.
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Nice find on the different commands to get this to work smoother.

My connection seems to be flakey, it will sometimes drop out

mrono said:
My connection seems to be flakey, it will sometimes drop out
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same here
system
W7 X64
lan connected for streaming
wired tether for internet
anyone solve this issue?
the weird thing is it seems to happen more often when i hit a high kbps like when i download something

[APP] ADB Wireless

I am unsure everyone knows about it, but I just felt like sharing.
Now you can connect to your Desire wirelessly and perform ADB commands.
There's a new app called ADBWireless.
You can get more info here: http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/08/20/awesome-app-for-rooted-users-adbwireless
It's available in the market but there's also a QR code in the website.

Very cool! Thanks for sharing...!!!

how does this work?

Wow, great find! Thanks!

kmetek said:
how does this work?
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instead of using a usb cable to connect to your device via adb, you use a wireless connection. it's only mandatory that your laptop/pc and your desire are connected to the same wi-fi connection. it's useful in my opinion!

dmpwd said:
instead of using a usb cable to connect to your device via adb, you use a wireless connection. it's only mandatory that your laptop/pc and your desire are connected to the same wi-fi connection. it's useful in my opinion!
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It's that simple? Wow! Thank you so much for sharing. This will be the end of my adb worries!
Sent from my HTC Desire

Cool tool, unfortunately the read-only file system in the Desire makes it useful only as a remote shell and not for usual stuff - installing applications, replacing files, etc.
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I copied the adb.exe & the 2 dlls to my windir. Cannected via adb in the command line. But the drive does not show up, how di I map / mount it??

awesome...thanks for the great sharing..

I removed unwanted apps on AuraxTsense rom through wireless..Great works...simple and efficient..

So I put this onto my phone, (the widget version). How do i now manage files between my computer and phone? They are both on the same wifi network. But how do I actually manage my phone now? It has given me the ip address to connect to. But where do i enter it and how do i use it?

Just open up a shell (cmd) and use adb the same way you usually would, except first you execute the connect command that adbWireless gives you.

how do I specify what computer to use
I have more than one computer on my network as well as other network devices( Bluray player, etc) of which a couple (laptop & desktop) have both ADB installed.
When I enable this app, it grabs the first device it find - which is not even my desired machine?
Anyway to limit or specify the ip to use to connect too.
I have tried to access it as a wi-fi connection from my laptop, but cannot do that either.
Help please?
Thanks
Edit: Find what I was looking for:

That's great. Now I don't need to worry about forgetting my USB cable when I'm off out to the lab .
It works fine over Connectify as well when I'm connected to the net via Ethernet.

I love this app and i use it. But i have some security concerns. When you connect to another Wifi which is not your home wifi - For example at the university - everybody should be able to scan for devices and try to connect then and has whole access to the phone. What about that? Especially because with that app it is very easy to forget about disabling it when you connect to new wifis. What about setting password which you must deliver on connecting? Or for example accept new incoming connections?

Sounds neat, I'll give it a try!

Nitromouse said:
I love this app and i use it. But i have some security concerns. When you connect to another Wifi which is not your home wifi - For example at the university - everybody should be able to scan for devices and try to connect then and has whole access to the phone. What about that? Especially because with that app it is very easy to forget about disabling it when you connect to new wifis. What about setting password which you must deliver on connecting? Or for example accept new incoming connections?
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Good point, but I think we should ask these questions to the dev ..

Useful app if you can't be bothered to connect via usb but still would be good if you could apply a password or something.

unable to connect
I tried adb connect 192.168.1.244:5555 and unable to do so. Why? I got all of the required drivers/SDK and etc.
This is beyond frustrating.

Adb over wifi

I didn't see this mentioned in this EVO subform, so thought it might help others.
I got sick of dealing with terminal when there's a fully functioning, full size keyboard right in front of me. There had to be some way to telnet into the phone, or something similar.
Searching other subforums on here revealed "Adb over wifi" widget. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=767353
http://www.appbrain.com/app/adb-over-wifi-widget/bohlool.net.wifiadb
This lets you use a wireless link instead of usb cable to access adb. Pretty slick! Also seems to work well over 3g and I imagine 4g - basically any network connection the phone has.
Download, install. There is no app, just add as a widget to one of the screens. To change settings, delete widget and readd.
Makes life so much easier!

Thanks, I'll give it a look.
Searching "ADB" in the Market revealed several similar apps, inlcuding a SSHd tool. This can make life much easier... I will test them all.

works pretty good, albeit a little slower

As expected. The more I got into tinkering with this, the more I wanted to see the source code. Since connections over 3g are possible, you can imagine the security issues this brings up.

VaelPak has had ADB over WiFi pre-installed for the last few revisions, though I've never used it.

gpz1100 said:
Since connections over 3g are possible, you can imagine the security issues this brings up.
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First thing I thought when I saw this thread.....I like having the security of at least someone having to steal the device to get to anything on it...i don't want to help them out....

gpz1100 said:
... Since connections over 3g are possible, you can imagine the security issues this brings up.
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I've tried tinkering with many of these, and none of them seem to work over 3G.
I'm not terribly worried about the security threats behind that, since I really only require this sort of connection for seconds at a time.
But it would be nice to be able to have a sort of system set up with tasker or something -- where I can send my phone a text message, force it to enable the ADB over network, and adb into my phone, even if its connected to 3G. (Perhaps Tasker may have to send a text back with the IP address to connect to, but you see, such a thing is not very far fetched, and from what I gather, this would be much easier than setting up an SSH).
I have it working just fine over WiFi, but how is it possible to enable ADB over the data network?
As it stands now, enabling ADB over a non-WiFi network returns an invalid IP (0.0.0.0)
Perhaps I would simply have to ignore the 0.0.0.0 IP it returns and get the IP with
Code:
# ip addr show
? Any ideas?

cool, but adb didnt pull my entire sd card when wired so why would this do any different.

cool, but adb didnt pull my entire sd card when wired so why would this do any different.
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You can mount your entire sd card onto a PC using webdav servers.
In addition, you can now use adb over wifi on non-rooted Android 11 and up...you can now use adb over wifi

usb to ethernet adapter

Hi!
So I am in college and they do not allow more than one device to be connected over internet per person in a dorm, so i cannot set up any wireless routers. My iconia is running the jb cm10 preview port and i was wondering if a usb to ethernet jack would work and if so, which adapter should I buy?
any suggestions/ ideas would be appreciated

cullenmq1 said:
Hi!
So I am in college and they do not allow more than one device to be connected over internet per person in a dorm, so i cannot set up any wireless routers. My iconia is running the jb cm10 preview port and i was wondering if a usb to ethernet jack would work and if so, which adapter should I buy?
any suggestions/ ideas would be appreciated
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I dont believe it would but im not sure how can they tell whos device it is? Cant you just spoof your mac address or use one device at a time or a vpn......

they could tell if more than 1 device is connected by doing a simple network scan and seeing that there was 2 ip addresses assigned to a dorm. they found my wireless router as soon as i plugged it in

cullenmq1 said:
they could tell if more than 1 device is connected by doing a simple network scan and seeing that there was 2 ip addresses assigned to a dorm. they found my wireless router as soon as i plugged it in
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sorry theres ways to get around that but im pretty sure were not allowed to talk about it on the forums im nlt sure if a usb to ethernet adapter would work to me it seems drivers program or something would be missing

okay... does it involve external hardware or does the "other thing" involve using a wifi router b/c i cannot set up a wireless router as anyone with a wireless device will be able to see it. I know that the transformer infinity has built in ethernet adapter compatibility, but is that an android ics/jb thing or is it a manufacturer add-on?

cullenmq1 said:
okay... does it involve external hardware or does the "other thing" involve using a wifi router b/c i cannot set up a wireless router as anyone with a wireless device will be able to see it. I know that the transformer infinity has built in ethernet adapter compatibility, but is that an android ics/jb thing or is it a manufacturer add-on?
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Haha i dont understand how they could detect where each device is coming from unless they have a separate wifi for each dorm or a different sub-net i know they could pick up another wireless router easily even if they were reading you ip that's easily spoofed even Mac address is via a proxy or vpn but anyways im pretty sure that's an manufacturer add-on ill look and let you now if i find anything the Acer might have it, if not im sure a dev could make it so somehow
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not sure if it works with honeycomb, but on ICS I have used a usb ethernet adapter with the tablet, mind you that some applications dont work with it, but the browser and market place do. What you'll need to do first is have your tablet rooted, then download either android terminal emulator or Gscript lite (with gscript lite you can save the script for use again.) In the terminal you will want to run netcfg, this will show you all of your interfaces and will tell you if your usb to ethernet adapter is detected. If it is detected there will be an interface called usb and then a number aka usb0 or possibly even eth0. next you will want to take that interface and make sure it is up by running ifconfig usb0 up. next you'll need an ip address, if yours is assigned dynamically then run dhcpcd usb0 then setprop dns1 8.8.8.8 (or use whatever DNS server you wish). Now if you need a static address, such as 192.168.0.2 or something you would run ifconfig usb0 192.168.0.2. Also all of these commands will need root so make sure you type in su beforehand.

gears177 said:
Haha i dont understand how they could detect where each device is coming from unless they have a separate wifi for each dorm or a different sub-net i know they could pick up another wireless router easily even if they were reading you ip that's easily spoofed even Mac address is via a proxy or vpn but anyways im pretty sure that's an manufacturer add-on ill look and let you now if i find anything the Acer might have it, if not im sure a dev could make it so somehow
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not sure if it works with honeycomb, but on ICS I have used a usb ethernet adapter with the tablet, mind you that some applications dont work with it, but the browser and market place do. What you'll need to do first is have your tablet rooted, then download either android terminal emulator or Gscript lite (with gscript lite you can save the script for use again.) In the terminal you will want to run netcfg, this will show you all of your interfaces and will tell you if your usb to ethernet adapter is detected. If it is detected there will be an interface called usb and then a number aka usb0 or possibly even eth0. next you will want to take that interface and make sure it is up by running ifconfig usb0 up. next you'll need an ip address, if yours is assigned dynamically then run dhcpcd usb0 then setprop dns1 8.8.8.8 (or use whatever DNS server you wish). Now if you need a static address, such as 192.168.0.2 or something you would run ifconfig usb0 192.168.0.2. Also all of these commands will need root so make sure you type in su beforehand.
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Glad I was able to help lol. I'm currently trying to find out if a USB wireless will work to but haven't found much info other than drivers need to be in the kernel for it to work

Yeah, if u figure out the usb wireless adapter problem, let me know too pls. :thumbup:
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