Thread: Unbelievable : Android (Froyo) on the Samsung Galaxy Tab doesn't "tether" ?...
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2011-04-18 , 15:49
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Originally Posted by jschan View Post
as in-maemo already mentioned a couple of posts above, the n900 can be configured to support bluetooth pan tethering which android supports out of the box. as soon as you enable the n900's bluetooth pan ability (see Bluetooth Profiles--you basically need to enable the "network" plugin and restart the bluetooth daemon) and pair/repair that Galaxy tab to it, you should see a tethering option for the paired n900.
I guess that was a "SHOULD" as per the RFC terminology ? :-)

After the fishiness with the Q5 DUN stuff, I thought I'd try this manual proof of concept before going to the trouble of flashing Power-kernel, installing iptables and the scripts, etc.

I edited /etc/bluetooth/main.conf to enable the network plugin, restarted the daemon, and deleted the GTab entry in the paired hosts list. On the Tab I unpaired the N900 then paired it again.

Where, exactly, should the "tethering option" appear ? I can't see it anywhere, not in Settings/Network/Bluetooth anyway...

Yet another Android feature that works everywhere except on a Galaxy Tab ? I guess this one's heading back where it came from... :-)
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