Jailbreak + socks proxy is good for a free (save the money you're
already paying for data) tethering solution for the iPhone. It's not
the only way, though.
You can do the tethering quite a bit easier using a Jailbreak app like
MyWi which is $10 or $20 (I forget). It turns your iPhone into a
wireless AP. It's very slick and uses your existing data plan. I used
the socks proxy at first but haven't looked back since getting MyWi.
If you want to be completely legit and don't mind spending lots of
money, then the iPhone can do "official" tethering, too, using an
expensive add-on data plan -- $20 per month in addition to your existing
data plan. Non-rooted Android does tethering similar to this.
On 12/3/10 5:25 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote:
> With an iPhone you have to jailbreak it and setup for socks proxy with
> linux.
>
> On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Stephen <cryptworks@gmail.com
> <mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Most cellular providers have devices for just this purpose. Or if
> you have a rooted android phone you can use that device they also
> have a service you can pay for to do the same thing.
>
> On Dec 3, 2010 1:21 PM, <leegold@speedymail.org
> <mailto:leegold@speedymail.org>> wrote:
> > Hi, Maybe a little of topic but I 'd like to ask,
> >
> > I know there's satellite ISP, you get a disk attached to your house
> > maybe and you can surf.
> >
> > But isn't there a USB device that you can use with laptop to get
> > internet connections. Is that cellular internet?
> >
> > What I'm interested in are wireless ways of getting an internet
> > connection, other than being near a wireless access point of your
> own or
> > someone else's (w/permission) access point.
> >
> > Thanks, Lee
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