[SWLUG] using android phone with laptop

[Dave Cridland]

On Mon Sep  5 13:45:53 2011, Neil Jones wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> Given an android phone and an eeepc without an internet connection  
> is
> there anyway to get on-line  on the netbook using the phone's  
> connection?
> 
> I thought this sounded easy in practice, but it seems more than just
> switching on wifi on the phone and getting the netbook to find it.
> 
> Any ideas?

Simply plugging the phone in using USB seems to be enough with at  
least my phone and laptop - Ubuntu figures out the rest.

I imagine there's hotspot software for Android, too, if that's  
preferable.

Dave.
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