Tethering: Is it possible?

[Kenny Strawn]

Before I attempt: Is it possible to tether a phone (i.e. to use the wireless data connection) to a Chromebook? I suppose if the phone can be used as a Wi-Fi hotspot (Galaxy Nexus?), it might be possible, though I don't know about USB tethering...

[Tyler Moore]

I use my old TouchPro2 running XDAndroid to tether mine. ;)

I'm still eager for Chromebooks to become hotspots, themselves.

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 9:20 PM, Kenny Strawn <kenny....@gmail.com> wrote:

Before I attempt: Is it possible to tether a phone (i.e. to use the wireless data connection) to a Chromebook? I suppose if the phone can be used as a Wi-Fi hotspot (Galaxy Nexus?), it might be possible, though I don't know about USB tethering...

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[Kenny Strawn]

Sorry, accidentally sent to Tyler directly instead of to the group...

"Well, seeing as though my AT&T contract expires in December, I wonder if it's possible to tether a Chromebook with a Galaxy Nexus..."

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 7:30 PM, Kenny Strawn <kenny....@gmail.com> wrote:

Well, seeing as though my AT&T contract expires in December, I wonder if it's possible to tether a Chromebook with a Galaxy Nexus...

[Kenny Strawn]

Okay, what I meant to say is, is it possible to tether a Galaxy Nexus to a Chromebook? And can a Galaxy Nexus be used as a Wi-Fi hotspot?

[Micah Catlin]

Yes, a Galaxy Nexus can be used as a wifi hotspot and a Chromebook can use it.  I do this routinely with a t-mobile prepaid "Monthly 4G plan" which is pretty economical.

You can also enable USB Tethering on a Nexus phone, after which it will appear to the chromebook as a USB 3G dongle.  I'm not sure if there is a material advantage to this, but I guess it should use less electrical power on both sides since you can leave the WiFI off.

[Kenny Strawn]

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From: Kenny Strawn <kenny....@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: [cros-discuss] Tethering: Is it possible?
To: Micah Catlin <mic...@chromium.org>


Thanks. And thanks for letting me know that USB tethering is also possible, because based on all the issues with USB 3G modems not being supported it made me a little skeptical.

[Chris Masone]

Some USB 3G dongles present as a modem that needs to be managed, and some just present as (essentially) a USB ethernet adaptor.  I'd figure that most phones would behave more like the latter.  I remember doing USB tethers almost two years ago, and so I'd hope that it still works :-)

[Andrew Malcolmson]

On Jan 24, 10:46 pm, Kenny Strawn <kenny.str...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Okay, what I meant to say is, is it possible to tether a Galaxy Nexus to a
> Chromebook? And can a Galaxy Nexus be used as a Wi-Fi hotspot?
>

Yes, USB and Wifi tethering work fine between my Acer Chromebook and
both my Nexus One and my new Galaxy Nexus. If you'll be doing this a
lot, you'll want to install one of the apps in the Market that provide
a shortcut to turn on tethering. I used to use 'Tethering Widget' but
it doesn't work on the Galaxy Nexus, but 'Tethering Shortcut' does.

I tried USB tethering on a friend's Samsung Chromebook in December of
2010 and it didn't work then but seems they've got it fixed now.