Wireless tether

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Anyone having issues with the Wireless Tether app? Whenever I try using it, my phone keeps constantly dropping its 3g data connection. I also discovered that my WiFi connection on the phone itself kept dropping connections. Couldn't even stream a full minute on any YouTube video without it cutting out. Uninstalled Wireless Tether, and my WiFi has worked fine ever since.

Any ideas as to what the problem might be? Or, is there another wireless tether app I can try?

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i use Barnacle (the Legacy version). It works great with my Fascinate. I had wireless tether at first but my mac would never locate the signal. Barnacle hasnt failed me yet.

Originally Posted by bcharding

i use Barnacle (the Legacy version). It works great with my Fascinate. I had wireless tether at first but my mac would never locate the signal. Barnacle hasnt failed me yet.

Ditto.. before you spend too much time trying to get to the bottom of this, give Barnacle Legacy a shot.

I had a similar problem with both Wireless Tether and Barnacle Tether, but once I used Barnacle Legacy, I'm able to tether my iPad!

Wow, you guys are awesome! I've got Barnacle Legacy installed, and it works great! No degradation in wifi performance that I can see. Looks like it uses a different approach than Wireless Tether, which makes it more compatible across different phones.

Only downside I see at the moment is that it can only use WEP encryption, which was rendered obsolete ages ago. WPA support would be a big plus. I don't necessarily have anything to hide, just don't like to make myself an easy target.

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Were you using the experimental version? It's working well for me.

http://code.google.com/p/android-wif...2_0_5-pre9.apk

Yes, I was using the latest version, which btw is listed as experimental on the website. I don't see a non-experimental one available. In any case, Barnacle is my friend for the time being. :)

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Huh... I could never get my computer to connect to Barnacle. It's got full bars and I have Windows 7. I can't figure out how to make it work for me.

I've tried several versions of wireless tether, barnacle and barnacle legacy and it gives them all root access, but nothing with WiFi is able to successfully connect.

Remember that wireless tethering uses ad-hoc connections, not infrastructure, like your wireless router does. If your wireless devices don't play nice with ad-hoc connections, that could be your issue. Check to see if there are driver updates for the wireless card in your computer.

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