Internet connection sharing (ICS) on windows mobile6 devices

[Fergus]

Just quick tutorial/link for those who have a windows mobile device and want to use its data connection to connect to the internet.
This is based on elyssa so i cannot say for certain if it will work with other releases.

This uses a part of the synce program to allow access to the USB port.

Firstly, for elyssa we need install the ubuntu svn package:

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sudo apt-get install subversion build-essential

then we need to download the appropriate synce part:

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svn co http://synce.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/synce/trunk/usb-rndis-lite
cd usb-rndis-lite/
make
sudo ./clean.sh
sudo make install

On the phone, start ICS click the left soft key (”Connect”) and plug in the USB cable.
Next , click the network icon in elyssa task bar and select the USB connection.
That should be it you!

[Husse]

This looks too simple to be true

[Fergus]

I was frankly shocked too.... especially when it worked!!!
Now what would be good is if i could do with same trick but with bluetooth!

Will post when i have time to play with Elyssa's bluetooth stack which has changed since my bianca install.

[GuttaMan]

This looks too simple to be true

Yessir, Indeed, but it works!

Man, I just stumbled on this thread so I decided to try it out...and less than two minutes later I was using my data connection to get on the web! I used to do it all the time when back when I was on WinXP, but somehow I didn't think it would be possible to set this up on a Linux machine, much less this easy and simple.

Good work Fergus. Much appreciated over here. Now I'll be looking out for that Bluetooth version. Thanks!

This should be a sticky somewhere.

[Fergus]

Just a quick update on this guys i thought i would post my source links in case there are other specifics that i have missed with my first post.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=340747

http://ochsenhirt.org/2008/05/20/use-in ... ron-howto/

http://ohioloco.ubuntuforums.org/showth ... ost3588717

Please note that on my Dell D620 removing this device is causing crashes, so be careful with what you are working on when you unplug these devices.
I have made a post detailing this problem.

http://www.linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopi ... 18&t=13903

[st4r50]

This appears to work with Felicia and windows mobile 6 standard. I'll post further after fully testing but it makes the connection.
Mike