Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2023 11:44 Post subject: 2x usb tethered android phs for bonded internet?
I'm wondering if it's possible to have two android phones tethered to the same routers 2 usb ports via usb, and have automatic internet bonding/connection splitting/something like that to get faster internet?
Or an android phone via usb and another internet connection via wan port?
If so, how do I go about this? Just plug and play, turn on tethering for the phone/s, or?
Android tethering is not natively supported in DD-WRT.
https://forum.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Wan _________________ "The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep." - Robert Frost
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i think the more easy approach is a android phone with android 12 or higher and a USB to Ethernet Adapter , it should have native Ethernet tethering support.
i am using a EDUP EP-9802 USB C to Ethernet Adapter with Realtek RTL8153 Chipset for such purpose with my Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro Phone ..
cdc_ether.ko and rndis_host.ko appear to be the modules I want in my custom ea6900 firmware.
How do I find these files, verify if they are currently there, and or install them into a pre-existing firmware, or request that they be included in future firmwares for Linksys EA6900 series stuff?
Before or after step 11, via telnet/ssh to router or via client? _________________ "The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep." - Robert Frost
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2023 17:27 Post subject:
baboeska wrote:
cdc_ether.ko and rndis_host.ko appear to be the modules I want in my custom ea6900 firmware.
How do I find these files, verify if they are currently there, and or install them into a pre-existing firmware, or request that they be included in future firmwares for Linksys EA6900 series stuff?
Before or after step 11, via telnet/ssh to router or via client?
Before and after step 11.
I found the modules there, though also have installed entware so shrug.
Would love a fortune module built for entware .
I've tried those instructions in my start up sequence. For now I'm thinking I might be better off setting up a pi to share the android phones tethered signal via ethernet to the router, and having the router on a static ip address.
This also allows PiHole, but, doesn't accomplish the goal of bonding two seperate 4g connections, nor running a single or multiple 4g connections.
Ideally it'd be nice to have something like youtube, video streaming services, on one connection, stuff that requires faster pings on another, load balancing.
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Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2023 10:28 Post subject:
baboeska wrote:
cdc_ether.ko and rndis_host.ko appear to be the modules I want in my custom ea6900 firmware.
How do I find these files, verify if they are currently there, and or install them into a pre-existing firmware, or request that they be included in future firmwares for Linksys EA6900 series stuff?
Thank you
I was making a new build for my EA6900 so I included the wanted kernel modules.
So in case you still need the modules, I have attached those to this post.
Before or after step 11, via telnet/ssh to router or via client?
Before and after step 11.
I found the modules there
My experience with an RT-AC88U tried on r51140 w/Win7/Palemoon(Mozilla) private window:
From a fresh normal reset(Not Hard WPS button)...
If steps were followed with just enabling Telnet in admin...
ping was achieved within telnet as long as I changed static 192.168.10.1(Used for flash and setup.) to auto(DHCP) prior to ping at STEP 6.
STEP 8 ping as well as surfing was only achieved through wireless client, NOT LAN even with auto.
Step 11 was the same...
these were done on 5G...in hindsight I should've tried 2.4, since LAN and 2.4G show they share same MAC(5G is diff)
added Startup and Firewall VIA Command in admin, still worked.
Upon changing LAN address from default 192.168.1.1 in Setup and subsequent reboot all outgoing was lost even though WAN had an IP and gateway.
Seems something broke within the routing table from LAN to WAN/USB.
When I have time, will try 51937 and post results since preliminary reports look to be more stable...
Hope this helps...
God Bless and Stay Safe,
________________________i4 out...
Thanks for this .
Sadly on the recommended version, my ac wifi is terrible, so....
I tried the earliest January 2023 release, and it was not working for android tethering.
I then tried the earliest January 2022 release, Firmware: DD-WRT v3.0-r47976 std (01/06/22) and it works
Will probably try June/July 2022 sometime soon.
for line in `nvram show | grep =$ `; do var=${line%*=}; nvram unset $var; done
mount /jffs /opt
/opt/etc/init.d/rc.unslung start
#!/bin/sh
T=0
D=`nvram show|grep traff-|cut -f1 -d=|awk -F"-" '{print $3,$2}'|cut -b-4,6-`
for d in $D
do
if [ $T -lt $d ]
then
T=$d
fi
done
T=`expr $T - 100`
for d in $D
do
if [ $T -gt $d ]
then
N=traff-`echo ${d}|cut -b5-`-`echo ${d}|cut -b-4`
nvram unset $N
fi
done
Works with DD-WRT v3.0-r49392 std (06/29/22) and DD-WRT v3.0-r50308 std (10/01/22) and DD-WRT v3.0-r50786 std (11/02/22) and 12/12/2022 and 12/17/2022 r51040 and DD-WRT v3.0-r51043 std (12/19/22) without nvram erase
Not sure if it helps but I think the bug causing usb tethering failure is between r51140 (last release of 2022, working) and the first release of 2023.
Re channel bonding/link aggregating android tethers, it looks like that'd be a challenging job.. if even doable or practical...
