True tethering is here!!!

[Cloverdale]

There is now an app for true tethering, and yes, you must be rooted.


http://www.androidactivity.com/tetherWifi.html

[jeno]

hmmm sound usable

[Cloverdale]

I have not yet used this, but have confirmation from others that this does work.

[Cloverdale]

Okay, this works very well. All you do is press a button and your phone sends a wireless signal that can be picked by any computer. I have tried it on both a pc and a mac with positive results.

[rayosx]

Cloverdale,
Good to know

[jeno]

works perfect on edge or 3g

tetherWifi
Ad Hoc Wifi tethering application for Android G1
This simple application allows one to tether their android phone with their PC over Wifi through an ad hoc connection.

Disclaimer: Use this application at your own risk. I am not responsible for any damage that may result from using this application, rooting your phone, or anything else which this site may suggest. Using this type of application may or may not be allowed by your cell phone provider, check you agreement(s) and contract(s) with your cell phone provider before using this application.

To use this application you must have super user access on your phone. We are looking into removing this requirment in the future. This is needed to insert the wlan networking module into the kernel. If you do not have super user access or do not know what it is visit this xda-developers post.

Here is a few notes about the application:

    * To install this application, download it using your phone by clicking the download link below and install it. Make sure you enable the Unknown sources option in your Application settings first.
    * To start the tethering just click on the start tether button.
    * To stop the tethering just click on the stop tether button.
    * Your Wifi will be turned off for this application. If your wifi is on, this app will turn it off when you hit start and then turn it back on when you hit stop. Your wifi will actually be on when this service is running, but in ad hoc mode as opposed to the normal mode, so you will not see the wifi symbol, you may notice your battery drain fast.
    * After the wifi tethering service starts, you can connect to your phone from your pc. There will be an ad hoc network with a SSID of G1. Connect to this ad hoc network (you may have to enable connections to ad hoc networks).
    * This program makes your phone act as an ad hoc Wifi NAT router with an IP of 10.0.1.2 and will give your PC a DHCP lease of 10.0.1.x, in this current release you cannot change these settings.
    * This is a beta release, there may be a couple bugs, but it at least works. If you have any problems with it post on this forum thread

Download tetherWifi.apk Beta 0.9.3 its attached you will need apps installer from the market to install.
If you find this application useful, consider donating a dollar or so.

    * I Confirmed this working on Android firmware JFv1.41_ADP1.1
    * I Confirmed this working on Android firmware JFv1.42_ADP1.1h
    * I Confirmed this works connecting to a WinXP SP3 machine
    * SoTacMatt from the forums confirmed this working connectiong to a Win Vista machine
    * brodieberlin from the forums confirmed this working connectiong to a OS X (10.5.6) machine

Version Log:
0.9.0 - first release
0.9.1 - fixed compatibility bug with tetherBlu
0.9.2 - added multiple connections
0.9.3 - added DHCP clients table, new icon! (thanks to mannyb for the icon)

[macktastrophy]

I'm new to the G1 with only having it for a bit over a week now and am very interested in the ad-hoc wifi tethering for my home computers.  Has anybody had a chance to play with this?  If so, any information on lantency/ping that can be expected with running over edge/3g?  Thanks for anything you can give me!

[D-Mac]

You must root your phone.

[macktastrophy]

Ummm, yeah, already good on needing to root my phone...was asking about latency over 3g/edge

[jdwash11]

this is a pretty slick app...I downloaded the ad-hoc wifi app and it works.

never actually connected to it but it did show up as an available wireless network on my PC...but since it does use 3G it will definitely eat up your battery.