# Android <-> Linux Tethering Script for Rooted Phones # This script tethers the internet from the phone to your PC # See http://ajasmin.wordpress.com/2011/07/24/android-usb-tethering-with-a-linux-pc/ # Requires a rooted phone with netfilter and pppd # Path to ADB export ADB=/opt/android-sdk-linux_x86/platform-tools/adb if [ $USER != "root" ]; then echo "Please run this script as root" exit fi echo "Enabling NAT on the phone..." $ADB shell "echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward" $ADB shell "iptables -t nat -F" $ADB shell "iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -j MASQUERADE" echo "Connecting to the phone via 'adb ppp'..." # This use Google Public DNS servers which should work most of the time $ADB ppp "shell:pppd nodetach noauth noipdefault ms-dns 8.8.8.8 ms-dns 8.8.4.4 /dev/tty" nodetach noauth noipdefault defaultroute usepeerdns notty 10.0.0.1:10.0.0.2 echo "Done."