android-wifi-tether and various ROMs

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PROBLEM SOLVED, See below

Hi all,

I'm getting seriously confused with android-wifi-tether not working! Basically i have tried various custom ROMs (all Android 2.1) and various versions of wifi tether. I've even installed jacobs newer kernels.

There are no errors when i start tether. But when i connect with a laptop (tried many) the laptop goes through the motion of connecting successfully, the phone does not acknowledge the laptops connection and the laptop does not get a proper IP address.

I checked it out with Logcat, no errors on android-wifi-tether start, and when a computer connects, no logs are generated at all.

It has been working on the phone when i was running Wildpuzzle 2.1 1.0.0 i reverted to the rom but still nothing.

I've always installed a fresh rom with a full wipe also.

Whats interesting is i flashed my other halfs wildfire and it has the same issue (although not tried a variety of roms on it).

If anyone has any suggestions or ways of diagnosing. I would really appreciate it!!

There is something lingering somewhere on the phone.

Many Thanks, Dan

Originally Posted by dselvey

Hi all,

I'm getting seriously confused with android-wifi-tether not working! Basically i have tried various custom ROMs (all Android 2.1) and various versions of wifi tether. I've even installed jacobs newer kernels.

There are no errors when i start tether. But when i connect with a laptop (tried many) the laptop goes through the motion of connecting successfully, the phone does not acknowledge the laptops connection and the laptop does not get a proper IP address.

I checked it out with Logcat, no errors on android-wifi-tether start, and when a computer connects, no logs are generated at all.

It has been working on the phone when i was running Wildpuzzle 2.1 1.0.0 i reverted to the rom but still nothing.

I've always installed a fresh rom with a full wipe also.

Whats interesting is i flashed my other halfs wildfire and it has the same issue (although not tried a variety of roms on it).

If anyone has any suggestions or ways of diagnosing. I would really appreciate it!!

There is something lingering somewhere on the phone.

Many Thanks, Dan

My kernel only fixes it for 2.2 ROMs (and not Sense atm)

No luck if you're on 2.1, sorry.

I had this problem on 2.1 and had to find a new bin file as described in /code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/wiki/Setup_HTC_Desire_Incredible. After I did this it all worked OK.

I now use Cyangenmod 6.1 RC2 Build 41 and use the internal Froyo 2.2 Wifi tether and it works just fine. ( Thanks Jacob )

Originally Posted by crazygrazy

I had this problem on 2.1 and had to find a new bin file as described in /code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/wiki/Setup_HTC_Desire_Incredible. After I did this it all worked OK.

I now use Cyangenmod 6.1 RC2 Build 41 and use the internal Froyo 2.2 Wifi tether and it works just fine. ( Thanks Jacob )

Didn't think that would work for 2.1 but I was clearly wrong xD

i had to also run the

ip route add table gprs 192.168.2.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.2.254

is there anyway this fix can be included with 2.1 roms automatically?

Looks like i spoke to soon, gets an IP now and the phone acknowledges the connection but i cannot ping anything from the laptop :S

It appears if i run

ip route add table gprs 192.168.2.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.2.254.

once tethering has been started it begins to work and the laptop can download.

Any ideas?

Problem fixed!!

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I thought i'd share:

I edited
/data/data/android.tether/bin/fixroute.sh

after the sleep 2

and before the done at the end of the file i added

/system/bin/ip route add table gprs 192.168.2.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.2.254

I also modified the sleep to 10, just in case it need a few seconds for eth0 to kick in.

Works perfectly and everytime.

Of course you need to do it everytime you install the binaries.