Tether -bot?

[Chip Douglas]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=444004

Meat & potatoes:
I just managed to get an ad-hoc connection going between my phone and laptop, and NAT running on it. The steps are pretty much the same as in the first post of this thread, but in addition I made some changes to /system/etc/wifi/tiwlan.ini (make sure to keep a backup of the original).

First, make sure wifi is disabled on the phone gui.

Next, Set up the ad-hoc network on the laptop. I called mine "newtest". Change the properties for the connection to assign a static ip. I used 192.168.2.2. Set gateway to 192.168.2.1, and set dns to a public server - i used 4.2.2.1.

In tiwlan.ini, look for "WiFiAdhoc = 0". Change it to the following (set ssid to whatever you use):
Quote:
WiFiAdhoc = 1
dot11DesiredSSID = newtest
dot11DesiredBSSType = 0

After updating tiwlan.ini, enable wifi manually:
Quote:
insmod /system/lib/modules/wlan.ko
wlan_loader -f /system/etc/wifi/Fw1251r1c.bin -e /proc/calibration -i /system/etc/wifi/tiwlan.ini
ifconfig tiwlan0 192.168.2.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
ifconfig tiwlan0 up

At this point, the phone should connect to the ad-hoc network.

Now, from the OP's post, the iptables rules:
Quote:
iptables -I FORWARD -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
iptables -I FORWARD -s 192.168.2.0/24 -j ACCEPT
iptables -P FORWARD DROP

iptables -t nat -I POSTROUTING -s 192.168.2.0/24 -j MASQUERADE

echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

If all went well, you now have internet access.

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Haven't tried it yet but going to later

[kegansjack]

after you try it try running a speedtest to see what sort of networks speeds you get, since its run as a proxy im wondering what sort of speed degrades it has.

[earxtacy]

This is prolly a n00b question, but I'm going to ask it anyway. I'm assuming that I use ADB to activate the wifi on the phone. I'm not good at command-line anything, so when I imput the first line of code you have, I get an error about not finding the "insmod" command. Mind dumbing that down for me??
Here is my process that I go through, please tell me what I'm missing.

I go to a cmd prompt and then cd into where i have ADB located on my HD. I am using ADB win from the firmware hack (which i managed to do). Now i have tried typing adb, followed by your first string of commands, no such luck. then I tried just the command string, no luck there either. I know i'm missing something simple, but i don't know what.

thanks!!