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"Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it??

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  "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-01-30 18:39 +1100
    Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-30 03:21 -0500
      Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-01-30 22:05 +1100
        Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-30 12:27 +0100
          Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-01-31 18:54 +1100
            Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-31 14:06 +0100
          Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-01 19:26 +1100
            Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-01 06:56 -0500
              Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-02 00:02 +1100
        Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-01-30 07:15 -0500
          Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-01-31 18:55 +1100
    Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2025-01-30 09:08 +0000
      Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-01-30 22:14 +1100
        Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2025-01-30 12:49 +0000
    Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-30 16:31 +0000
      Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-01-30 12:35 -0600
        Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2025-02-06 01:49 +0000
          Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-06 13:38 +0000
            Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Jasen Betts <usenet@revmaps.no-ip.org> - 2025-02-09 10:44 +0000
            Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2025-02-18 00:41 +0000
              Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-18 11:05 +0000
                Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-02-18 11:57 +0000
                Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2025-02-20 15:48 +0000
                  Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-20 16:33 +0000
      Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-01 18:44 +1100
        Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-01 16:42 +0000
          Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-02 20:12 +1100
            Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? "Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com> - 2025-02-02 09:31 +0000
              Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-02 06:24 -0500
              Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-05 22:28 +1100
                Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-05 22:41 +1100
                Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-02-05 12:51 +0000
                  Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-10 20:35 +1100
                    Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-02-10 10:14 +0000
                      Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-11 20:42 +1100
                        Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-11 20:47 +1100
                          Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-11 20:52 +1100
                            Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-11 21:13 +1100
                            Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-02-11 11:24 +0000
                              Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-11 23:03 +1100
                              Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-12 20:58 +1100
                                Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-02-12 10:11 +0000
                                  Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-02-12 11:56 +0100
                                    Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-13 20:35 +1100
                                Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-02-12 11:10 +0000
                                  Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-13 20:45 +1100
                                    Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-02-13 11:10 +0000
                                      Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-14 22:03 +1100
                                        Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-02-14 11:06 +0000
                                Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-12 11:27 +0000
                                  Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-13 20:56 +1100
                                    Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-13 16:19 +0000
                                      Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-14 22:05 +1100
                            Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-02-11 13:47 +0100
                              Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-13 21:00 +1100
                              Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-13 21:08 +1100
                                Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-13 16:31 +0000
                                  Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-02-13 22:18 +0100
                                    Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-14 16:24 +0000
                                      Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-02-17 20:57 +0100
                                  Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-14 22:09 +1100
                                    Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-14 22:37 +1100
                                      Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-14 16:06 +0000
                                        Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-15 20:13 +1100
                            Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2025-02-11 22:00 +0000
                        Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-02-11 10:31 +0000
                          Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-11 23:07 +1100
                            Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-02-11 12:25 +0000
                              Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-12 21:07 +1100
                                Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-02-12 11:06 +0000
                    Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-10 11:14 +0000
                      Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-02-10 14:12 +0100
            Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2025-02-06 01:57 +0000
              Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-10 20:53 +1100
                Re: "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it?? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-02-10 14:16 +0100

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#16619 — "Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it??

FromDaniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org>
Date2025-01-30 18:39 +1100
Subject"Tether"?? What is it and how might I achieve it??
Message-ID<vnfaat$2rmjd$1@dont-email.me>
This post is cross-posted to both alt.comp.os.windows-11 and 
alt.os.linux to increase my chances of getting an answer.

Some of you may have read that my HP 6730b Dual-boot Win7/Linux Laptop 
has died/is dieing so I've resorted to this HP Win-11 Desktop that I am 
tring to get up and running.

However, in updating the Win-11 OS and all the bits and pieces of this 
HP 24-cr0002a 24 All-in-One N100 8GB/256GB Desktop Computer, I've used 
up all my monthly Data allowance ..... which doesn't get renewed until 
about 20 Feb so, until then my download speed is limited to about 35kB/sec.

However .... (as I was trying to drift off to sleep last night), I 
thought "What about if I use a PrePaid chip (like I use in my 
Mobilephone), could I connect via the chip in a USB dongle (after 
disabling my Wi-Fi)??"

Back in the day (2000 - 2010'ish), I used to connect via a USB dongle so 
it must be possible ....

But, then I thought .... If I can connect like this using a chip in a 
Dongle .... when I connect my Mobile Phone (via USB to9 recharge my 
phone) to my Computer can't I effectively use my mobile phone, using 
it's Data allocation, to do my Web Browsing??

Is this what 'they' call "Tethering"??

If so how, on this HP Win11 Computer, do I disable Wi-Fi and then enable 
USB Tethering??

TIA.
-- 
Daniel70

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#16620

FromPaul <nospam@needed.invalid>
Date2025-01-30 03:21 -0500
Message-ID<vnfcq1$2s3fc$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#16619
On Thu, 1/30/2025 2:39 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
> This post is cross-posted to both alt.comp.os.windows-11 and alt.os.linux to increase my chances of getting an answer.
> 
> Some of you may have read that my HP 6730b Dual-boot Win7/Linux Laptop has died/is dieing so I've resorted to this HP Win-11 Desktop that I am tring to get up and running.
> 
> However, in updating the Win-11 OS and all the bits and pieces of this HP 24-cr0002a 24 All-in-One N100 8GB/256GB Desktop Computer, I've used up all my monthly Data allowance ..... which doesn't get renewed until about 20 Feb so, until then my download speed is limited to about 35kB/sec.
> 
> However .... (as I was trying to drift off to sleep last night), I thought "What about if I use a PrePaid chip (like I use in my Mobilephone), could I connect via the chip in a USB dongle (after disabling my Wi-Fi)??"
> 
> Back in the day (2000 - 2010'ish), I used to connect via a USB dongle so it must be possible ....
> 
> But, then I thought .... If I can connect like this using a chip in a Dongle .... when I connect my Mobile Phone (via USB to9 recharge my phone) to my Computer can't I effectively use my mobile phone, using it's Data allocation, to do my Web Browsing??
> 
> Is this what 'they' call "Tethering"??
> 
> If so how, on this HP Win11 Computer, do I disable Wi-Fi and then enable USB Tethering??
> 
> TIA.

Assuming you have run out of bandwidth to use at home, if
I was in a temporary lurch, I would head to the Public Library.
For example, our central branch has 30 or so PCs, and a good
Internet connection, and can be booked for one hour sessions.
The computer reboots between sessions, wiping out the previous
customer URLs and accessed information. The computer is "clean"
at the beginning of each session. If you need to do research,
that's how you do it on a budget.

*******  Host End *******

https://www.lifewire.com/set-up-usb-tethering-windows-10-4584419

    What to Know

    First, connect your Android or iPhone to your computer with a USB cable.

    From the Settings app on your phone, turn on USB tethering (Android)
    or Personal Hotspot (iPhone).

    Note: Depending on your mobile carrier, you may be charged a fee for
          creating a hotspot. Check with your carrier if you're not sure.

    Open your phone's Settings app and go to

         Network & internet > Hotspot & tethering (Android) or
         Cellular > Personal Hotspot (iPhone).

    Tap USB tethering to tether your Android, or
    Personal Hotspot to set up your iPhone as a hotspot.

    Your PC should now be able to access the internet through your phone's internet connection.

******* Guest End *******

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/usb-tethering-not-working/4237f469-e9ce-48bc-be8e-f65a3afc6009

   1. Open Device Manager

   2. Go to Network Adapters

   3. Right click "Remote NDIS based Internet Sharing Device" and select "Update"  <=== I wanted this info, to show you
                                                                                        which device aids in the USB tether
                                                                                        on the Guest end.

      https://filestore.community.support.microsoft.com/api/images/6a7b86ad-41ab-4b38-ba0e-36610d55bf10?upload=true

   *******

   4. Choose "Browse my Computer for driver software"

   5. Select "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer"

   6. Uncheck "show compatible hardware"

   7. In the manufacturer section, select Microsoft

   8. Choose the "Remote NDIS Compatible Device" model and click Next

This suggests that the phone port, puts out a declaration that it
follows a particular USB class standard. It suggests that both
OSes (Windows and Linux) can identify the phone declaring itself
as a network device, and load a driver for it.

Note that phone data is expensive, every bit as expensive as the
satellite data you ran out of. Be careful with the pricing!
Extensions past a bandwidth limit, can be billed in "blocks" of bandwidth,
and are especially expensive if you are roaming and traveling
in a foreign country. The bill can be a couple thousand bucks,
even for the simplest things like allowing a phone to "use data"
while in the foreign country. Let alone actually tether to
your laptop for example.

Even if a SIM is on offer, I can't see how anyone is going to
offer "gobs of data for pennies". This is not a service like
making phone calls, where the call duration is short. If I were
to give a person a tether for free, they'd leaving it running
24 hours a day, and download movies until the phone caught fire :-)

Wifi can be disabled with Airplane Mode, which disables the radio(s) on the PC.

And on Windows, you can try this, and on the next reboot, it won't sniff
around the existing interfaces for a network connection. That is just
changing one of the services in services.msc to disabled.

   sc.exe config netsetupsvc start=disabled

On Linux, this would be managed (at least partially) in Network Manager.
Usually on the Task Bar area somewhere, or in the upper-right corner.

  Paul

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#16625

FromDaniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org>
Date2025-01-30 22:05 +1100
Message-ID<vnfmdu$2tnu4$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#16620
On 30/01/2025 7:21 pm, Paul wrote:
> On Thu, 1/30/2025 2:39 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
>> This post is cross-posted to both alt.comp.os.windows-11 and alt.os.linux to increase my chances of getting an answer.
>>
>> Some of you may have read that my HP 6730b Dual-boot Win7/Linux Laptop has died/is dieing so I've resorted to this HP Win-11 Desktop that I am tring to get up and running.
>>
>> However, in updating the Win-11 OS and all the bits and pieces of this HP 24-cr0002a 24 All-in-One N100 8GB/256GB Desktop Computer, I've used up all my monthly Data allowance ..... which doesn't get renewed until about 20 Feb so, until then my download speed is limited to about 35kB/sec.
>>
>> However .... (as I was trying to drift off to sleep last night), I thought "What about if I use a PrePaid chip (like I use in my Mobilephone), could I connect via the chip in a USB dongle (after disabling my Wi-Fi)??"
>>
>> Back in the day (2000 - 2010'ish), I used to connect via a USB dongle so it must be possible ....
>>
>> But, then I thought .... If I can connect like this using a chip in a Dongle .... when I connect my Mobile Phone (via USB to9 recharge my phone) to my Computer can't I effectively use my mobile phone, using it's Data allocation, to do my Web Browsing??
>>
>> Is this what 'they' call "Tethering"??
>>
>> If so how, on this HP Win11 Computer, do I disable Wi-Fi and then enable USB Tethering??
>>
>> TIA.
> 
> Assuming you have run out of bandwidth to use at home, if
> I was in a temporary lurch, I would head to the Public Library.
> For example, our central branch has 30 or so PCs, and a good
> Internet connection, and can be booked for one hour sessions.
> The computer reboots between sessions, wiping out the previous
> customer URLs and accessed information. The computer is "clean"
> at the beginning of each session. If you need to do research,
> that's how you do it on a budget.
> 
> *******  Host End *******
> 
> https://www.lifewire.com/set-up-usb-tethering-windows-10-4584419
> 
>      What to Know
> 
>      First, connect your Android or iPhone to your computer with a USB cable.
> 
>      From the Settings app on your phone, turn on USB tethering (Android)
>      or Personal Hotspot (iPhone).
> 
>      Note: Depending on your mobile carrier, you may be charged a fee for
>            creating a hotspot. Check with your carrier if you're not sure.
> 
>      Open your phone's Settings app and go to
> 
>           Network & internet > Hotspot & tethering (Android) or
>           Cellular > Personal Hotspot (iPhone).
> 
>      Tap USB tethering to tether your Android, or
>      Personal Hotspot to set up your iPhone as a hotspot.
> 
>      Your PC should now be able to access the internet through your phone's internet connection.
> 
> ******* Guest End *******
> 
> https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/usb-tethering-not-working/4237f469-e9ce-48bc-be8e-f65a3afc6009
> 
>     1. Open Device Manager
> 
>     2. Go to Network Adapters
> 
>     3. Right click "Remote NDIS based Internet Sharing Device" and select "Update"  <=== I wanted this info, to show you
>                                                                                          which device aids in the USB tether
>                                                                                          on the Guest end.
> 
>        https://filestore.community.support.microsoft.com/api/images/6a7b86ad-41ab-4b38-ba0e-36610d55bf10?upload=true
> 
>     *******
> 
>     4. Choose "Browse my Computer for driver software"
> 
>     5. Select "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer"
> 
>     6. Uncheck "show compatible hardware"
> 
>     7. In the manufacturer section, select Microsoft
> 
>     8. Choose the "Remote NDIS Compatible Device" model and click Next
> 
> This suggests that the phone port, puts out a declaration that it
> follows a particular USB class standard. It suggests that both
> OSes (Windows and Linux) can identify the phone declaring itself
> as a network device, and load a driver for it.
> 
> Note that phone data is expensive, every bit as expensive as the
> satellite data you ran out of. Be careful with the pricing!
> Extensions past a bandwidth limit, can be billed in "blocks" of bandwidth,
> and are especially expensive if you are roaming and traveling
> in a foreign country. The bill can be a couple thousand bucks,
> even for the simplest things like allowing a phone to "use data"
> while in the foreign country. Let alone actually tether to
> your laptop for example.
> 
> Even if a SIM is on offer, I can't see how anyone is going to
> offer "gobs of data for pennies". This is not a service like
> making phone calls, where the call duration is short. If I were
> to give a person a tether for free, they'd leaving it running
> 24 hours a day, and download movies until the phone caught fire :-)
> 
> Wifi can be disabled with Airplane Mode, which disables the radio(s) on the PC.
> 
> And on Windows, you can try this, and on the next reboot, it won't sniff
> around the existing interfaces for a network connection. That is just
> changing one of the services in services.msc to disabled.
> 
>     sc.exe config netsetupsvc start=disabled
> 
> On Linux, this would be managed (at least partially) in Network Manager.
> Usually on the Task Bar area somewhere, or in the upper-right corner.
> 
>    Paul
> 
Thank you, Paul, for your detailed explanation. I've saved it so I can 
re-read it at my leisure.

Your comment about phone data being expensive is noted .... but, as I 
get a bit of data included in my PAYG plan, I might as well make use of 
it if I can. (Normally it just expires each time I renew the $35 per 
month phone contract.

I'll see how I go!!

Thank you.

-- 
Daniel70

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#16627

From"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Date2025-01-30 12:27 +0100
Message-ID<4a4s6lx51j.ln2@Telcontar.valinor>
In reply to#16625
On 2025-01-30 12:05, Daniel70 wrote:
> On 30/01/2025 7:21 pm, Paul wrote:
>> On Thu, 1/30/2025 2:39 AM, Daniel70 wrote:

...

>>    Paul
>>
> Thank you, Paul, for your detailed explanation. I've saved it so I can 
> re-read it at my leisure.
> 
> Your comment about phone data being expensive is noted .... but, as I 
> get a bit of data included in my PAYG plan, I might as well make use of 
> it if I can. (Normally it just expires each time I renew the $35 per 
> month phone contract.
> 
> I'll see how I go!!

You can, in the computer, configure the connection as "metered". Windows 
will then not do computer automatic updates through that connection.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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#16647

FromDaniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org>
Date2025-01-31 18:54 +1100
Message-ID<vnhvjm$3do6o$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#16627
On 30/01/2025 10:27 pm, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> On 2025-01-30 12:05, Daniel70 wrote:
>> On 30/01/2025 7:21 pm, Paul wrote:
>>> On Thu, 1/30/2025 2:39 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
>>>    Paul
>>>
>> Thank you, Paul, for your detailed explanation. I've saved it so I can 
>> re-read it at my leisure.
>>
>> Your comment about phone data being expensive is noted .... but, as I 
>> get a bit of data included in my PAYG plan, I might as well make use 
>> of it if I can. (Normally it just expires each time I renew the $35 
>> per month phone contract.
>>
>> I'll see how I go!!
> 
> You can, in the computer, configure the connection as "metered". Windows 
> will then not do computer automatic updates through that connection.
> 
Good point, Carlos, but, as I suspect it was the computer updating 
everything that got me in this pickle in the first place, there will not 
be any System updates required for some time!!
-- 
Daniel70

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#16649

From"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Date2025-01-31 14:06 +0100
Message-ID<0guu6lxuqo.ln2@Telcontar.valinor>
In reply to#16647
On 2025-01-31 08:54, Daniel70 wrote:
> On 30/01/2025 10:27 pm, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>> On 2025-01-30 12:05, Daniel70 wrote:
>>> On 30/01/2025 7:21 pm, Paul wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 1/30/2025 2:39 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
>>
>> ...
>>
>>>>    Paul
>>>>
>>> Thank you, Paul, for your detailed explanation. I've saved it so I 
>>> can re-read it at my leisure.
>>>
>>> Your comment about phone data being expensive is noted .... but, as I 
>>> get a bit of data included in my PAYG plan, I might as well make use 
>>> of it if I can. (Normally it just expires each time I renew the $35 
>>> per month phone contract.
>>>
>>> I'll see how I go!!
>>
>> You can, in the computer, configure the connection as "metered". 
>> Windows will then not do computer automatic updates through that 
>> connection.
>>
> Good point, Carlos, but, as I suspect it was the computer updating 
> everything that got me in this pickle in the first place, there will not 
> be any System updates required for some time!!

Better prevent than heal, as we say in Spain, or the English version 
"better safe than sorry" :-)

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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#16665

FromDaniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org>
Date2025-02-01 19:26 +1100
Message-ID<vnklr6$mdt$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#16627
On 30/01/2025 10:27 pm, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> On 2025-01-30 12:05, Daniel70 wrote:
>> On 30/01/2025 7:21 pm, Paul wrote:
>>> On Thu, 1/30/2025 2:39 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
>>>    Paul
>>>
>> Thank you, Paul, for your detailed explanation. I've saved it so I can 
>> re-read it at my leisure.
>>
>> Your comment about phone data being expensive is noted .... but, as I 
>> get a bit of data included in my PAYG plan, I might as well make use 
>> of it if I can. (Normally it just expires each time I renew the $35 
>> per month phone contract.
>>
>> I'll see how I go!!
> 
> You can, in the computer, configure the connection as "metered". Windows 
> will then not do computer automatic updates through that connection.
> 
Maybe YOU could, Carlos, but I've had a look and can't find anywhere to 
make that switch!
-- 
Daniel70

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#16674

FromPaul <nospam@needed.invalid>
Date2025-02-01 06:56 -0500
Message-ID<vnl25h$32cr$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#16665
On Sat, 2/1/2025 3:26 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
> On 30/01/2025 10:27 pm, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>> On 2025-01-30 12:05, Daniel70 wrote:
>>> On 30/01/2025 7:21 pm, Paul wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 1/30/2025 2:39 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
>>
>> ...
>>
>>>>    Paul
>>>>
>>> Thank you, Paul, for your detailed explanation. I've saved it so I can re-read it at my leisure.
>>>
>>> Your comment about phone data being expensive is noted .... but, as I get a bit of data included in my PAYG plan, I might as well make use of it if I can. (Normally it just expires each time I renew the $35 per month phone contract.
>>>
>>> I'll see how I go!!
>>
>> You can, in the computer, configure the connection as "metered". Windows will then not do computer automatic updates through that connection.
>>
> Maybe YOU could, Carlos, but I've had a look and can't find anywhere to make that switch!

windows 11

Settings : Network and Internet : Ethernet

    Metered Connection       ON/OFF  <===

*******

There are some grim statistics in there, but like Canada,
there is plenty of wide open space, and getting that all
hooked up costs a fortune.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_in_Australia

This is a moderately good way to get the Internet, but
it still requires a tower close enough to you for the signal.
It's sorta like 4G or 5G, only for a fixed location, and
uses a different frequency than the cell phones use. And
because some of the microwave frequencies can be a bit higher ones,
it can be affected by weather (snow, or heavy rain). The Wiki
calls this "Motorola Canopy".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Internet_service_provider

   Paul

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#16677

FromDaniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org>
Date2025-02-02 00:02 +1100
Message-ID<vnl61o$3qlh$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#16674
On 1/02/2025 10:56 pm, Paul wrote:
> On Sat, 2/1/2025 3:26 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
>> On 30/01/2025 10:27 pm, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>> On 2025-01-30 12:05, Daniel70 wrote:
>>>> On 30/01/2025 7:21 pm, Paul wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 1/30/2025 2:39 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
>>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>>>>     Paul
>>>>>
>>>> Thank you, Paul, for your detailed explanation. I've saved it so I can re-read it at my leisure.
>>>>
>>>> Your comment about phone data being expensive is noted .... but, as I get a bit of data included in my PAYG plan, I might as well make use of it if I can. (Normally it just expires each time I renew the $35 per month phone contract.
>>>>
>>>> I'll see how I go!!
>>>
>>> You can, in the computer, configure the connection as "metered". Windows will then not do computer automatic updates through that connection.
>>>
>> Maybe YOU could, Carlos, but I've had a look and can't find anywhere to make that switch!
> 
> windows 11
> 
> Settings : Network and Internet : Ethernet
> 
>      Metered Connection       ON/OFF  <===
> 
> *******

Thank you, again, Paul.
> 
> There are some grim statistics in there, but like Canada,
> there is plenty of wide open space, and getting that all
> hooked up costs a fortune.
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_in_Australia
> 
> This is a moderately good way to get the Internet, but
> it still requires a tower close enough to you for the signal.
> It's sorta like 4G or 5G, only for a fixed location, and
> uses a different frequency than the cell phones use. And
> because some of the microwave frequencies can be a bit higher ones,
> it can be affected by weather (snow, or heavy rain). The Wiki
> calls this "Motorola Canopy".
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Internet_service_provider
> 
>     Paul
> -- 
Daniel70

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#16628

Fromknuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com>
Date2025-01-30 07:15 -0500
Message-ID<vnfqh9$2ua0v$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#16625
On 01/30/2025 6:05 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
> Thank you, Paul, for your detailed explanation. I've saved it so I can 
> re-read it at my leisure.
> 
> Your comment about phone data being expensive is noted .... but, as I 
> get a bit of data included in my PAYG plan, I might as well make use of 
> it if I can. (Normally it just expires each time I renew the $35 per 
> month phone contract.
> 
> I'll see how I go!!
I pay a similar amount for my cell phone and have a GB of data.  That 
seems like a lot, but if you are downloading drivers, programs, updates, 
etc.  you will go through that in a second.

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#16648

FromDaniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org>
Date2025-01-31 18:55 +1100
Message-ID<vnhvm0$3do6o$2@dont-email.me>
In reply to#16628
On 30/01/2025 11:15 pm, knuttle wrote:
> On 01/30/2025 6:05 AM, Daniel70 wrote:
>> Thank you, Paul, for your detailed explanation. I've saved it so I can 
>> re-read it at my leisure.
>>
>> Your comment about phone data being expensive is noted .... but, as I 
>> get a bit of data included in my PAYG plan, I might as well make use 
>> of it if I can. (Normally it just expires each time I renew the $35 
>> per month phone contract.
>>
>> I'll see how I go!!
> I pay a similar amount for my cell phone and have a GB of data.  That 
> seems like a lot, but if you are downloading drivers, programs, updates, 
> etc.  you will go through that in a second.

Oh!! If it is that much, I should be right!!
-- 
Daniel70

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#16621

From"Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com>
Date2025-01-30 09:08 +0000
Message-ID<xn0p1ey2w9qsel7006@news.individual.net>
In reply to#16619
On 30/01/2025 in message <vnfaat$2rmjd$1@dont-email.me> Daniel70 wrote:

>If so how, on this HP Win11 Computer, do I disable Wi-Fi and then enable 
>USB Tethering??

This is on my Blackview Tab60:

Settings > Other wireless settings > WiFi Hotspot > Use WiFi Hotspot

Turn it on and check the settings, essentially name and password.

Assuming you mobile does tethering the most difficult bit may be finding 
it in settings!

On my Windows 10 laptop I then click on the Network icon on the icon 
section of the Taskbar and choose the WiFi hotspot. In Windows 11 you may 
need a large torch and somebody with a pair of latex loves to find it of 
course!

-- 
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
Thanks for teaching me the meaning of plethora, it means a lot.

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#16626

FromDaniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org>
Date2025-01-30 22:14 +1100
Message-ID<vnfmvh$2tr3q$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#16621
On 30/01/2025 8:08 pm, Jeff Gaines wrote:
> On 30/01/2025 in message <vnfaat$2rmjd$1@dont-email.me> Daniel70 wrote:
> 
>> If so how, on this HP Win11 Computer, do I disable Wi-Fi and then 
>> enable USB Tethering??
> 
> This is on my Blackview Tab60:
> 
> Settings > Other wireless settings > WiFi Hotspot > Use WiFi Hotspot
> 
> Turn it on and check the settings, essentially name and password.
> 
> Assuming you mobile does tethering the most difficult bit may be finding 
> it in settings!
> 
> On my Windows 10 laptop I then click on the Network icon on the icon 
> section of the Taskbar and choose the WiFi hotspot. In Windows 11 you 
> may need a large torch and somebody with a pair of latex loves to find 
> it of course!
> 
Jeff, normally I use Wi-Fi from my Desktop Computer to connect to the 
Modem which then actually connects to the Phone's Landline. But this 
Wi-Fi -> Landline -> ISP's account is the one that I'm trying to get 
around .... by using my Mobile Phone's data allocation to keep my 
Computer "On Air".
-- 
Daniel70

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#16630

From"Jeff Gaines" <jgnewsid@outlook.com>
Date2025-01-30 12:49 +0000
Message-ID<xn0p1f3ug9ypbyd008@news.individual.net>
In reply to#16626
On 30/01/2025 in message <vnfmvh$2tr3q$1@dont-email.me> Daniel70 wrote:

>On 30/01/2025 8:08 pm, Jeff Gaines wrote:
>>On 30/01/2025 in message <vnfaat$2rmjd$1@dont-email.me> Daniel70 wrote:
>>
>>>If so how, on this HP Win11 Computer, do I disable Wi-Fi and then  enable 
>>>USB Tethering??
>>
>>This is on my Blackview Tab60:
>>
>>Settings > Other wireless settings > WiFi Hotspot > Use WiFi Hotspot
>>
>>Turn it on and check the settings, essentially name and password.
>>
>>Assuming you mobile does tethering the most difficult bit may be finding  
>>it in settings!
>>
>>On my Windows 10 laptop I then click on the Network icon on the icon  
>>section of the Taskbar and choose the WiFi hotspot. In Windows 11 you  may 
>>need a large torch and somebody with a pair of latex loves to find  it of 
>>course!
>>
>Jeff, normally I use Wi-Fi from my Desktop Computer to connect to the 
>Modem which then actually connects to the Phone's Landline. But this Wi-Fi 
>-> Landline -> ISP's account is the one that I'm trying to get around .... 
>by using my Mobile Phone's data allocation to keep my Computer "On Air".

OK. The route I set out replaces your modem/landline with with you mobile 
phone's equivalent.

-- 
Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
This is as bad as it can get, but don't bet on it

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#16633

FromFrank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Date2025-01-30 16:31 +0000
Message-ID<vngd26.s5c.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net>
In reply to#16619
Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:
> This post is cross-posted to both alt.comp.os.windows-11 and 
> alt.os.linux to increase my chances of getting an answer.
> 
> Some of you may have read that my HP 6730b Dual-boot Win7/Linux Laptop 
> has died/is dieing so I've resorted to this HP Win-11 Desktop that I am 
> tring to get up and running.
> 
> However, in updating the Win-11 OS and all the bits and pieces of this 
> HP 24-cr0002a 24 All-in-One N100 8GB/256GB Desktop Computer, I've used 
> up all my monthly Data allowance ..... which doesn't get renewed until 
> about 20 Feb so, until then my download speed is limited to about 35kB/sec.
> 
> However .... (as I was trying to drift off to sleep last night), I 
> thought "What about if I use a PrePaid chip (like I use in my 
> Mobilephone), could I connect via the chip in a USB dongle (after 
> disabling my Wi-Fi)??"
> 
> Back in the day (2000 - 2010'ish), I used to connect via a USB dongle so 
> it must be possible ....
> 
> But, then I thought .... If I can connect like this using a chip in a 
> Dongle .... when I connect my Mobile Phone (via USB to9 recharge my 
> phone) to my Computer can't I effectively use my mobile phone, using 
> it's Data allocation, to do my Web Browsing??
> 
> Is this what 'they' call "Tethering"??
> 
> If so how, on this HP Win11 Computer, do I disable Wi-Fi and then enable 
> USB Tethering??

  Ignore the Tethering thing. Is is possible, but needlessly complex for
what you want to accomplish.

  Instead, create a 'mobile hotspot' on your smartphone. It's normally
in the Settings part for connections (Wi-Fi, Bluetooths, Mobile
(cellular), etc.. If you specify which brand/model and Android version
you have, we probably can give more specific instructions.

  When setting up the mobile hotspot, you give it a name (like for your
broadband) and password.

  Next, you can connect your Windows 11 'desktop' to that mobile
hotspot, just like you would connect your laptop to a public hotspot,
for example at Maccas.

  The result is that your Windows 11 'desktop' talks to your smartphone
via Wi-Fi and your smartphone talks to the Internet using mobile data
from its monthly (?) data bundle.

  FYI. I use that setup when we're traveling in Oz. (You're in Oz,
aren't you?)

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#16634

FromChar Jackson <none@none.invalid>
Date2025-01-30 12:35 -0600
Message-ID<jhhnpjtton848il4qnbvgrm25c4a097aac@4ax.com>
In reply to#16633
On 30 Jan 2025 16:31:55 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
wrote:

>  Ignore the Tethering thing. Is is possible, but needlessly complex for
>what you want to accomplish.
>
>  Instead, create a 'mobile hotspot' on your smartphone. It's normally
>in the Settings part for connections (Wi-Fi, Bluetooths, Mobile
>(cellular), etc.. If you specify which brand/model and Android version
>you have, we probably can give more specific instructions.
>
>  When setting up the mobile hotspot, you give it a name (like for your
>broadband) and password.
>
>  Next, you can connect your Windows 11 'desktop' to that mobile
>hotspot, just like you would connect your laptop to a public hotspot,
>for example at Maccas.
>
>  The result is that your Windows 11 'desktop' talks to your smartphone
>via Wi-Fi and your smartphone talks to the Internet using mobile data
>from its monthly (?) data bundle.
>
>  FYI. I use that setup when we're traveling in Oz. (You're in Oz,
>aren't you?)

This is the right advice. Do this. Some phone providers charge extra for
hotspot service, so check on that, but otherwise this is the way to go.

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#16838

FromBrian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid>
Date2025-02-06 01:49 +0000
Message-ID<m0iipeFj8o7U2@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#16634
On 30/01/2025 18:35, Char Jackson wrote:
> On 30 Jan 2025 16:31:55 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
> wrote:
> 
>>   Ignore the Tethering thing. Is is possible, but needlessly complex for
>> what you want to accomplish.
>>
>>   Instead, create a 'mobile hotspot' on your smartphone. It's normally
>> in the Settings part for connections (Wi-Fi, Bluetooths, Mobile
>> (cellular), etc.. If you specify which brand/model and Android version
>> you have, we probably can give more specific instructions.
>>
>>   When setting up the mobile hotspot, you give it a name (like for your
>> broadband) and password.
>>
>>   Next, you can connect your Windows 11 'desktop' to that mobile
>> hotspot, just like you would connect your laptop to a public hotspot,
>> for example at Maccas.
>>
>>   The result is that your Windows 11 'desktop' talks to your smartphone
>> via Wi-Fi and your smartphone talks to the Internet using mobile data
>>from its monthly (?) data bundle.
>>
>>   FYI. I use that setup when we're traveling in Oz. (You're in Oz,
>> aren't you?)
> 
> This is the right advice. Do this. Some phone providers charge extra for
> hotspot service, so check on that, but otherwise this is the way to go.
> 

USB tethering can be an easy option too. It just depends on whether your 
mobile phone makes it easy to enable USB tethering. If it does, enable 
it, disconnect the PC from Wi-Fi (or any other connection) and connect 
your phone by USB to your PC and that should be all you need to do. It 
slowly charges your phone too.

-- 
Brian Gregory (in England).

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#16849

FromFrank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Date2025-02-06 13:38 +0000
Message-ID<vo2hga.kns.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net>
In reply to#16838
Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> wrote:
> On 30/01/2025 18:35, Char Jackson wrote:
> > On 30 Jan 2025 16:31:55 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
> > wrote:
> > 
> >>   Ignore the Tethering thing. Is is possible, but needlessly complex for
> >> what you want to accomplish.
> >>
> >>   Instead, create a 'mobile hotspot' on your smartphone. It's normally
> >> in the Settings part for connections (Wi-Fi, Bluetooths, Mobile
> >> (cellular), etc.. If you specify which brand/model and Android version
> >> you have, we probably can give more specific instructions.
> >>
> >>   When setting up the mobile hotspot, you give it a name (like for your
> >> broadband) and password.
> >>
> >>   Next, you can connect your Windows 11 'desktop' to that mobile
> >> hotspot, just like you would connect your laptop to a public hotspot,
> >> for example at Maccas.
> >>
> >>   The result is that your Windows 11 'desktop' talks to your smartphone
> >> via Wi-Fi and your smartphone talks to the Internet using mobile data
> >>from its monthly (?) data bundle.
> >>
> >>   FYI. I use that setup when we're traveling in Oz. (You're in Oz,
> >> aren't you?)
> > 
> > This is the right advice. Do this. Some phone providers charge extra for
> > hotspot service, so check on that, but otherwise this is the way to go.
> > 
> 
> USB tethering can be an easy option too. It just depends on whether your 
> mobile phone makes it easy to enable USB tethering. If it does, enable 
> it, disconnect the PC from Wi-Fi (or any other connection) and connect 
> your phone by USB to your PC and that should be all you need to do. It 
> slowly charges your phone too.

  As Paul mentioned, USB thethering does not only require setting things
up at the phone end, but also at the computer end, so the computer can
use the phone as a modem. Not rocket-science, but probably unfamiliar
territory for most who have never done it.

  OTOH, with a mobile/Wi-Fi hotspot, one only needs do configure the
hotspot on the phone and the computer end is similar to how it's used
for any Wi-Fi connection, i.e. like the existing home Wi-Fi connection.
Also setting up the phone end is similar to setting up the Wi-Fi access
point of the broadband modem/router, so both ends should be familiar for
the user.

  Besides that, a mobile/Wi-Fi hotspot can be used for multiple devices.
USB tethering can only accomodate one device.

  For example during our last trip with four people, we had a laptop,
four phones and three tablets, which could all share my 'big' mobile
data bundle.

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#16933

FromJasen Betts <usenet@revmaps.no-ip.org>
Date2025-02-09 10:44 +0000
Message-ID<voa0v3$3j2qo$1@gonzo.revmaps.no-ip.org>
In reply to#16849
On 2025-02-06, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> wrote:
> Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> wrote:
>> On 30/01/2025 18:35, Char Jackson wrote:
>> > On 30 Jan 2025 16:31:55 GMT, Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
>> > wrote:
>> > 
>> >>   Ignore the Tethering thing. Is is possible, but needlessly complex for
>> >> what you want to accomplish.
>> >>
>> >>   Instead, create a 'mobile hotspot' on your smartphone. It's normally
>> >> in the Settings part for connections (Wi-Fi, Bluetooths, Mobile
>> >> (cellular), etc.. If you specify which brand/model and Android version
>> >> you have, we probably can give more specific instructions.
>> >>
>> >>   When setting up the mobile hotspot, you give it a name (like for your
>> >> broadband) and password.
>> >>
>> >>   Next, you can connect your Windows 11 'desktop' to that mobile
>> >> hotspot, just like you would connect your laptop to a public hotspot,
>> >> for example at Maccas.
>> >>
>> >>   The result is that your Windows 11 'desktop' talks to your smartphone
>> >> via Wi-Fi and your smartphone talks to the Internet using mobile data
>> >>from its monthly (?) data bundle.
>> >>
>> >>   FYI. I use that setup when we're traveling in Oz. (You're in Oz,
>> >> aren't you?)
>> > 
>> > This is the right advice. Do this. Some phone providers charge extra for
>> > hotspot service, so check on that, but otherwise this is the way to go.
>> > 
>> 
>> USB tethering can be an easy option too. It just depends on whether your 
>> mobile phone makes it easy to enable USB tethering. If it does, enable 
>> it, disconnect the PC from Wi-Fi (or any other connection) and connect 
>> your phone by USB to your PC and that should be all you need to do. It 
>> slowly charges your phone too.
>
>   As Paul mentioned, USB thethering does not only require setting things
> up at the phone end, but also at the computer end, so the computer can
> use the phone as a modem. Not rocket-science, but probably unfamiliar
> territory for most who have never done it.

It took me longer to unplug the enthernet cable than to set up USB
tethering (fist time ever), the phone showed up as a USB ethernet
device and "network manager" automated everything.  Without the GUI network
manager it would no doubt been considerable effort.

-- 
 Jasen.
 🇺🇦 Слава Україні

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#17178

FromBrian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid>
Date2025-02-18 00:41 +0000
Message-ID<m1i3amFl3n4U1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#16849
On 06/02/2025 13:38, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>    As Paul mentioned, USB thethering does not only require setting things
> up at the phone end, but also at the computer end, so the computer can
> use the phone as a modem. Not rocket-science, but probably unfamiliar
> territory for most who have never done it.

Maybe with ancient out of date mobile devices and ancient out of date 
versions of Windows. But it just worked when I did it recently.

-- 
Brian Gregory (in England).

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