All my past (ASUS, Samsung) phones provided Internet by tether (USB, wifi) fine, but FairPhone 5 (FP5)–despite I can use Internet when connected to my cellular telephone network–isn’t tethering so far (neither method).
Sure, you need to configure it and turn it on. It should not have that turned on automatically as this would eat energy for nothing.
Open the settings → network and internet → hotspot and tethering. Once you have configured it you can have a switch for it in the pull-down menu that you get by pulling into the display from the top (either twice or with two fingers).
I use WiFi tethering on an almost regular basis with my work notebook, on vacation with an e-reader - no issues so far. If you have configured it already but it still doesn’t work, then please share your configuration (of course not the password), so we can see if there is anything suspicious. And also tell a bit more how “doesn’t work” expressed itself. Do other devices see the WiFi hotspot?
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It can only provide Internet access, if it is connected to the Internet. So I don’t exactly understand, what you would like to do!? Using the FP5 as an external WiFi adapter?
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Good point, that works indeed (even bridging from one WiFi to the FP5 hotspot), although I had the impression the performance could be better. A use case for this would be having one ticket for internet access in a hotel but you want to use more than one device. I need to try this again (but typically I only use tethering when there is no WiFi available for me).
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Always been the case: clearly I did. Desktop/laptops can connect to wireless router but at least desktop can’t connect to Internet from FP5; when I select to USB-tether, FP5 is detected as libmtp-1-4 which can’t be brought up for network. I don’t know I got wi-fi tether configuration correct.
FP5 was set as the following.
- hotspot name: FP5
- security: WPA2/WPA3-personal
- Password regularly gets randomized, but I check and set one.
- AP band per device (2.4 GHz for Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 which connects, and maybe for desktop (didn’t work)… higher bands for ThinkPads which connect with those)
I’m scientist so use the following.
- FreeBSD UNIX
ifconfig wlan0 ssid FP5- wifi networks manager
That generally works (only tested laptops) but I use Slackware GNU/Linux desktop more: am trying the following (network-scripts, IIRC, works well with ASUS, Samsung phones).
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1
#/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf
# IPv4 config options for usb0 #(libmtp-1-4?):
IFNAME[2]="usb0"
USE_DHCP[2]="yes"
#USE_SLAAC[2]=""
#USE_DHCP6[2]="yes"
DHCP_KEEPRESOLV[2]="yes"
# Example config information for wlan0:
IFNAME[3]="wlan1"
USE_DHCP[3]="yes"
#USE_DHCP6[3]="yes"
DHCP_KEEPRESOLV[3]="yes"
WLAN_ESSID[3]="FP5"
#WLAN_KEY[3]="s:password"
WLAN_WPA[3]="wpa_supplicant"
#WLAN_WPADRIVER[3]="wext"
#/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=root
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1
network={
scan_ssid=1
ssid="FP5"
proto=WPA RSN
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK WPA-EAP
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP
psk="password"
}
Sorry, but I don’t understand, what you are trying to tell us.
For more than charging, you need to pull down the menu on your phone and there you can choose, what else to do with the connection.
Tethering means using cellular telephone (that has data/Internet service) to provide Internet connection to PC(s) (over USB and/or wi-fi… as (edited) above).
Typically the screen pops up, but apparently you’re right: I have to pull-down menu. For wi-fi tethering, it’s elsewhere… as (edited) above.
Sorry, but what’s your point?
You need Internet access on the phone to share it via tethering. So what is your question?
That’s what I always said, and now FP5 tethered some PCs wi-fi Internet. USB-tethering apparently no longer uses usb0, etc. rather than eth0, etc. I finally got one or both to work sometimes, though not with network-scripts’ rc.inet1 rather than Network Manager (a.k.a. Network Mangler).
I still don’t have clue, what your problem is, so I‘m out.
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