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[zbenjamin <1381448@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Currently the SDK has to use "adb forward" in order to connect and talk to the devices.
However it would be much more reliable if we could create a network over USB and talk
directly to it. 
Probably even run a DHCP server on usb0 so we do not need to setup the interface ourselves
and provide a DBUS callback so the SDK can trigger the usbnet to be created over ADB.

Quotes from a conversation with Wellark on IRC:

<zbenjamin> Wellark: would be interesting for the SDK
<zbenjamin> Wellark: instead of adb forwarding the ports, which is totally unreliable, we could create a network with the phone and talk to it directly
<Wellark> zbenjamin: well, you file a bug
<Wellark> zbenjamin: then you tell my manager to get me to do the UI
<zbenjamin> Wellark: the idea would be that we setup the initial stuff with adb. And then switch over to usb network which is decoupled from the adb completely
<Wellark> zbenjamin: yep.
<Wellark> adb would only make one call over dbus
<zbenjamin> Wellark: having a dhcp running on the usb interface would make things super easy
<Wellark> com.ubuntu.connectivity.usbnet.Enable()
<Wellark> or something
<Wellark> that would kick up the usbnet
<Wellark> zbenjamin: yep. and zeroconf dns
<zbenjamin> yeah. And we could make ssh only listen on this interface instead of all, and enable wlan only if the user checks a box in the UI
<Wellark> so you don't have to deal with IP's
<zbenjamin> exactly

** Affects: indicator-network
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Support network over USB in developer mode

Status in Network Menu:
  New

Bug description:
  Currently the SDK has to use "adb forward" in order to connect and talk to the devices.
  However it would be much more reliable if we could create a network over USB and talk
  directly to it. 
  Probably even run a DHCP server on usb0 so we do not need to setup the interface ourselves
  and provide a DBUS callback so the SDK can trigger the usbnet to be created over ADB.

  Quotes from a conversation with Wellark on IRC:

  <zbenjamin> Wellark: would be interesting for the SDK
  <zbenjamin> Wellark: instead of adb forwarding the ports, which is totally unreliable, we could create a network with the phone and talk to it directly
  <Wellark> zbenjamin: well, you file a bug
  <Wellark> zbenjamin: then you tell my manager to get me to do the UI
  <zbenjamin> Wellark: the idea would be that we setup the initial stuff with adb. And then switch over to usb network which is decoupled from the adb completely
  <Wellark> zbenjamin: yep.
  <Wellark> adb would only make one call over dbus
  <zbenjamin> Wellark: having a dhcp running on the usb interface would make things super easy
  <Wellark> com.ubuntu.connectivity.usbnet.Enable()
  <Wellark> or something
  <Wellark> that would kick up the usbnet
  <Wellark> zbenjamin: yep. and zeroconf dns
  <zbenjamin> yeah. And we could make ssh only listen on this interface instead of all, and enable wlan only if the user checks a box in the UI
  <Wellark> so you don't have to deal with IP's
  <zbenjamin> exactly

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