Sharing mobile broadband via wifi

[Raghav_K]

Am jus wondering if it would be possible to share my mobile broadband connection via usb wifi adapter(ad-hoc mode), to my android phone.

i connect to mobile BB via wvdial, and the interface would be ppp0

i have a netgear wg111v3 usb wifi adapter..

i have no clue how to do this though... the usb adapter was not recognized initially, but it was recognized after installing madwifi.

here are the outputs of the commands you might need to help me out

P.S: i was using an wired ethernet when posting this instead of mobile bb..

ifconfig

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eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1c:c0:19:91:34 
          inet addr:192.168.1.2  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21c:c0ff:fe19:9134/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:82547 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:69234 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:101282560 (96.5 MiB)  TX bytes:8315910 (7.9 MiB)
          Interrupt:20 Memory:e3200000-e3220000

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback 
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:337 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:337 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:25935 (25.3 KiB)  TX bytes:25935 (25.3 KiB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:22:3f:fb:74:08 
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)


iwconfig

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lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:off/any 
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
         


lsusb

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Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 003: ID 0a12:0001 Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ltd Bluetooth Dongle (HCI mode)
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 045e:00cb Microsoft Corp. Basic Optical Mouse v2.0
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 0846:4260 NetGear, Inc. WG111v3 54 Mbps Wireless [realtek RTL8187B]
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub


dmesg (last few lines)

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[ 6736.749776] usb 1-6: New USB device found, idVendor=0846, idProduct=4260
[ 6736.749781] usb 1-6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 6736.749785] usb 1-6: Product: NETGEAR WG111v3
[ 6736.749787] usb 1-6: Manufacturer: Manufacturer_NETGEAR
[ 6736.749790] usb 1-6: SerialNumber: 00223FFB7408
[ 6737.017736] ieee80211 phy2: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[ 6737.017909] ieee80211 phy2: hwaddr 00:22:3f:fb:74:08, RTL8187BvE V0 + rtl8225z2, rfkill mask 2
[ 6737.039425] rtl8187: Customer ID is 0x00
[ 6737.039488] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy2::radio
[ 6737.039524] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy2::tx
[ 6737.039553] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy2::rx
[ 6737.040295] rtl8187: wireless switch is on
[ 6741.693835] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 7176.603891] usb 1-6: USB disconnect, address 7
[ 7181.539036] usb 1-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
[ 7181.659875] usb 1-6: New USB device found, idVendor=0846, idProduct=4260
[ 7181.659879] usb 1-6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 7181.659883] usb 1-6: Product: NETGEAR WG111v3
[ 7181.659886] usb 1-6: Manufacturer: Manufacturer_NETGEAR
[ 7181.659889] usb 1-6: SerialNumber: 00223FFB7408
[ 7181.961106] ieee80211 phy3: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
[ 7181.961279] ieee80211 phy3: hwaddr 00:22:3f:fb:74:08, RTL8187BvE V0 + rtl8225z2, rfkill mask 2
[ 7181.982759] rtl8187: Customer ID is 0x00
[ 7181.982835] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy3::radio
[ 7181.982866] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy3::tx
[ 7181.982899] Registered led device: rtl8187-phy3::rx
[ 7181.983635] rtl8187: wireless switch is on
[ 7186.057957] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 8475.997899] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready



the device does not show up in lspci command though!!

thansk for looking!!!

[Raghav_K]

*bump*

there must be some way fr internet connection sharing right???

[speedyx]

Here Sabayon KDE. Connected to the internet throught wifi served by a netbook with debian-gnome. On Sabayon KDE I use the simple knetworkmanager provided by default.
The netbook share the connection with nm-applet of networkmanager, but connect the internet with a modem for mobile broadband with gnome-ppp (aka wvdial app).
I tested until 3 notebook connected to the netbook that function like an internet gateway, and a small home server.
I have no smartphone at the moment, and never tested with them.
But in the past I used my mobile phone like modem to the internet and connected to him throught bluetooth.
I have bad experiences using knetworkmanager for the sharing. But I think the networkmanager's versions after the 0.8.2 are good. I hope. On debian I have now an old 0.8.1 that works. On sabayon a 0.8.2.