you can use your android phone as a wifi card! (lemmy.ca)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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yes you heard right, I recently find out that one can use an Android feature called "USB tethering" to get internet through an Android device. which is really cool since now you don't have to worry about your wifi card not working in linux since you can just use your old Android device as wifi access point and have internet. not only it's supported in Linux but it's also supported in BSD world too. this can enable people in trying out distros like Guix, Parabola etc which doesn't provide non-free firmware.

just wanted to share this amazing feature I didn't know :)

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

And furthermore, you can share your internet from your computer, if running Linux, to other devices via Ethernet or WiFi! There may even be a super hacky way to do it through Bluetooth as well, but I'm gonna assume that wouldn't be worthwhile to pursue...

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Windows has (had?) the ability to share internet through Ethernet a couple of decades ago. I think it required a crossover cable? Anyone remember what I'm talking about?

EDIT: ChatGPT found it by inputting the above text. Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)! Gods it's been a long time since I did that.

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