How to use iphone internet tethering via USB with Ubuntu 10.04

ubuntu networking usb iphone connection-sharing

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Solution 1

Follow this how-to: Getting iPhone Internet Tethering Working in Linux (No jailbreaking involved!)

Solution 2

Diego Diagio created an iPhone kernel module called "ipheth".

It will be available in the kernel with version 2.6.34.

This module will register your phone as a network interface and you can simply use it with your dhcp-client or network manager.

Set up the Ubuntu Repository:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pmcenery/ppa
sudo apt-get update

Install the Kernel Module:

sudo apt-get install gvfs ipheth-utils

After that, enable tethering on your phone and connect it with your computer. Use dmesg to check if the device was recognized. Usually you will now have a new networking device, like /dev/ethX. Use it in your network manager or use dhclient, for example:

dhclient eth2

In addtion: My android phone registres as usb0, so it is dhclient usb0 to do the trick.

If you problems getting the repository to work, see the project page for further information.

Advantage: No jailbreaking and additional port binding / proxys are required

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dsharma

Updated on September 17, 2022

Comments

dsharma over 1 year

What are the steps to use iPhone 3G internet tethering via USB on Ubuntu 10.04? Is there software I need to install on Ubuntu for this? The tethering works fine on Windows.
- Admin over 13 years
  
  How about tethering via Bluetooth? Would that be fine?
- Admin over 13 years
  
  The bluetooth is not working properly in iphone, it is not detecting any device, its a bug in iphone.
- Admin over 13 years
  
  You need to jailbreak your iPhone first. This will void your warranty.
- Admin over 13 years
  
  don't worry, i did that already before 6 months :)
- Admin over 13 years
  
  @iamsid this is incorrect, you don't have to jailbreak your phone, theres a kernel driver for this!
- Admin over 13 years
  
  @echox: +1. Yes, this is wrong. :) Jeez, my bad, I just found out about libimobiledevice and the iPhone Ethernet driver for Linux. :)
dsharma over 13 years

i have no internet connection in my Ubuntu m/c, can i offline download and install ipheth-utils, if yes is there any dependency list for that
iamsid over 13 years

@dsharma: Use Keryx Offline Package Manager: keryxproject.org