Samsung Galaxy S6 and tethering

[GeekGramma60]

Most posts like this are 'I can't get so-and-so to work on Linux'.

But this one isn't. It's about how I got something to work, very easily (ymmv, of course).

I tried PDANet, Easytether, and a couple other tether apps and nothing seemed to work to connect my data/wifi to my laptop.

Then I tried Klink demo. It worked.Yay! So I bought it (it's only like five bucks).

You have to run two terminal commands once it's installed. The first, you must leave running. The second, once done, you can close out.

Get the free demo version to test on your machine. It works perfectly well, but with only a limited number of websites (Google is one) so that you can test it.

Once you do, run these commands in terminal:

"sudo klink" in terminal

then run in another terminal window:

"sudo dhclient klink0"

You may (I did) have to enable,not disable, usbdebugging, unlike what the program says.

running the first command should get you this in the terminal:

INFO: Detecting devices

With Android 4.2.2+ devices, please allow USB debugging when
prompted on your device.

Otherwise, if this lasts for more than a few seconds, turn
off USB debugging, restart the device, and turn on USB debugging.
INFO: Detected device: (your device number shows here)
INFO: Status: Ready for connection
INFO: Status: Starting connection
INFO: ************************************************** ****
INFO: *** TAP device "klink0" is enabled. ***
INFO: *** Please leave this running while you use Klink. ***
INFO: *** ***
INFO: *** NetworkManager should now take over if you ***
INFO: *** have it. ***
INFO: *** ***
INFO: *** OTHERWISE: ***
INFO: *** Please run "sudo dhclient klink0" in a ***
INFO: *** separate terminal to get online. ***
INFO: *** ***
INFO: *** Alternatively, "sudo ifup klink0" will work ***
INFO: *** better if your system is compatible (i.e., has ***
INFO: *** the ifupdown package installed). ***
INFO: ************************************************** ****
Running Klink up script
INFO: Status: Connection active


And that's it!
Now I can run Borderlands 2 on Linux, and play multiplayer games online. Without having to resort to my hotspot.

[woodsmoke]

good write up! You should maybe stick around for a while!

woodwelcometotheforumssmoke

[GreyGeek]

Doesn't tethering your laptop to your smartphone eat up your data plan very quickly, or do you enjoy an unlimited data plan?

[GeekGramma60]

Ahh, good question, GreyGeek. It would eat up my data.

But I have Boost Unlimited. It's not 'technically' unlimited, of course. I had StraightTalk "unlimited" for $55 and I got 10G of data, plus unlimited talk/text.

With Boost, it's $50 and I have unlimited talk/text, plus a data 'limit' of 23G. Even at that point, unlike StraightTalk (which then throttles it down to almost zero at times), Boost will only 'reduce' your speed during high usage times.I figure from like about 2pm to about midnight (EST). Since I work third shift and even on my days off, most of that is when I'm sleeping, it's not that big a deal.

I can surf the net, etc, even after the limit. It's just a little slower. Like, say, from cable to DSL.