Ubuntu Mate 20.04+Raspberry Pi 4 Model B+Android Phone hotspot: Q. How to tether?

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I'm looking for a step-by-step guide to set up a Raspberry Pi 4 to connect to the Internet by tethering (WiFi or USB) to an Android phone.

My guesses are:

  1. enable tethering on the phone
  2. scan for the phone from the Pi
  3. connect to the discovered result
    which I think will involve getting an
    IP address on the phone's hotspot
    "network"
  4. profit

If anyone does this routinely, I would, as I'm sure a good number of other poor sods would, appreciate learning your system.

Thank you. (from all of us)
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Oert

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That process looks right. I had occasion to be using my amdroid phone to provide internet while my landline connection was lost, and I believe this was one of the ways I got to continue my bridge sessions and sminars (using RPi4).
Derek

3

Thanks, Derek.

I've since learned that without a data plan in place I cannot begin the experiment. The tether option on my phone is disabled. :^(

I had naively planned to try USB-tethering the RPi4B to my LAN through the phone's wireless, but tethering must mean only sharing the cellular connection.

Too bad for me.

This means I will have to ship the unit unconfigured to the non-technical recipient, so a clearest-possible how-to (like for a gramma) would still be Very Helpful Indeed.
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Oert

4

I'm not clear on exactly you want to achieve.
Why don't you configure it ar home, take it to site, and there adjust the configuration for local conditions?
Derek