Using Internet Through Data Cable Only On N900
 

I am curious as to know if there is a way to use the LAN internet of a PC on N900 through only Data Cable. I don't have any bluetooth and wifi connection. And internet on mobile is only available as GPRS and EDGE with very low speeds in my country.

It would be a great help for me since to install applications, we need to use the internet on mobile only.

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Its very difficult to really extract what I need from this thread. It would be so helpful if you can highlight me the areas for which I should be concerned about in order to do this task.

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it shouldn't be that much to read once you stop looking at the parts for different operating systems and concentrate on whichever one you are using...

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Well, buddy, I will give it a try. Hope its possible. I mean I read somewhere that its not possible.

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I got a problem on the very first step...
when I enter
/etc/network/interfaces
it says permission denied

I have no network running

If it is a file... then where can I locate it in filebox
How can I run this command in x-terminal

Re: Using Internet Through Data Cable Only On N900
 

You must be root!: http://wiki.maemo.org/Root_access

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I have already installed rootsh and I have run both commands
sudo gainroot and root, but the result is same.

Re: Using Internet Through Data Cable Only On N900
 

Copy/paste your xterm window here.

(if you are attempting to edit /etc/network/interfaces and it gives you the message "permission denied" then you aren't root!)

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Ok.
First I will enter "root" command in xterm. Then I will simply write command "/etc/network/interfaces", and it gives the following information in xterm;

-sh: /etc/network/interfaces: Permission denied

Then I will enter "sudo gainroot" command in xterm. Then I will simply write command "/etc/network/interfaces", and it gives the following information in xterm;

/bin/sh: /etc/network/interfaces: Permission denied

I am quoting the instruction as was written in http://wiki.maemo.org/N900_USB_networking . Please, tell me where I am making the mistake.