Thread: N900 as a Wifi Hotspot, part 2
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rambo is offline rambo
2010-06-11 , 20:00
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#172
Originally Posted by Kasperl View Post
Slight bump here... If this isn't easy to work out, would it be possible to post some documentation on doing basic NAT through the USB connection? I tried simply reversing the host/cellphone instructions for the USB-->PC-->Internet wiki page, but if PC-->USB-->N900-->Internet would be available, that'd be grand as well.
AFAIRecall connecting in pc-suite mode allows you to access the gsm modem via AT commands and "dial up" the GPRS connection as one would with bluetooth DUN. I have never tried this myself but on a friends ubuntu laptop it reportedly "just worked".

Also haven't tried the USB networking (in case you want to use the net at the same time from n900 and laptop) but in theory just by changing the wlan0 to usbnet0 (or whatever the interface is called) in what mobilehotspot backend outputs for dnsmasq and ifconfig should do the trick.