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Gnirehtet
Gnirehtet provides a reverse tethering setup for Android smartphones.
Setup
Many Linux package managers
package Gnirehtet in the gnirehtet package.
Usage
This section addresses the usage of Gnirehtet.
Setting Up and Running Reverse Tethering
The following command can be used to setup the reverse tethering and also run it.
For it to work the Android device has to enable USB Debugging so Gnirehtet can automatically be
installed (which is internally done using adb).
Additionally Use USB for has to be set to File Transfer and not to
USB Tethering as this would start the normal tethering process and resolving internet access from
the Linux system to the Android device and not the other way around.
The initiating of the reverse tethering can be done by using the following command.
gnirehtet run
When the run command is active the reverse tethering can be started and stopped using the
following commands.
If the run command is not active the reverse tethering will not work.
gnirehtet start
gnirehtet stop