Wifi
Fri, 01/08/2010 - 02:56
I'm sure others would like to see Tether work via wifi too.
Good Job Guys & Happy New Year! Tether kicks much ass.
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what good is having tether working through wifi gonna do??
You are already getting data service for free through wifi, why would you want to run your data through a second program??
Thats like asking for a free soda when you own a soda factory!
I think the intent was to to use the phone like a wireless router/modem combination, similar to the mifi is my best comparison.
That is exactly right. This would make the phone be like a wireless router that is plugged in at your home. It will then broadcast a wireless signal, that your laptop could pick up on and use the data that way. If the developers at Tether can accomplish this...I have a feeling this would be the best selling software for tethering your Android device. The DROID I know is already rooted and people have enabled WiFi tethering that way...but you have to be a friggan genious to root a phone.
If you can do Ad-Hoc networking it could be a possibility. I dont' think without a rewrite to some of the OS code would allow the phone to act as an access point.
I vote for this as a good idea, but not if it delays the release of the basic USB/Bluetooth version for Android by one day -- we're getting antsy!
What I used to do when my crappy internet blinked off was to connect my laptop to my mobile network via a USB-connected Palm Treo, then use Apple's "share internet" feature which created an ad-hoc network for the rest of the computers in my house. Should be very possible to do the ad-hocking on the phone, making it more platform-independent.
Android developers are definitely having success on rooted phones, haven't seen much hit yet with out-of-the-box installs. Data transfer seems to take little in the way of computing resources (though it drains battery with the network access) -- it might be ok to be a little wasteful and employ a software-heavy solution to get the desired effect -- seems like even "slow" android phones have the muscle to power a small network -- my Treo dished out DSL speeds to 4 computers without breaking a sweat.
Cheers.