ubuntu-phone team mailing list archive

[Jonas Drange <jonas.drange@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It sort of works if there's no authentication required to join the hotspot,
but that's, of course, not recommended.

On 2 November 2016 at 11:13, Sam Bull <sam.hacking@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, 2016-11-02 at 04:30 +0000, Unix One wrote:
> > 1. Wifi tether: some time ago I got a response on IRC that it's
> > blacklisted because it doesn't work on mako; and I confirm that I see
> > no
> > such option in settings.
>
> Yep, the option is hidden on mako as it's unreliable and unlikely to
> function properly. I think the focus has moved away from mako at this
> point, so it is unlikely to ever work.
>
> > 2. USB tether: I change USB mode in TweakGeek from media to network;
> > connect to laptop using USB cable; my Ubuntu 16.04 recognizes
> > network
> > device, tries to establish network connection for few minutes and
> > eventually gives up.
>
> I believe this is supposed to work. But, I had the same problem as you
> when I tried it a few weeks ago.
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