James Emmrich

With my recent move leaving me without Internet for a few days, I have been picking up free Wifi signals from the surrounding area with little or no success requiring me to travel to the parents house. This means that until my Internet is installed, my new place will never be unpacked or lived in. So I set out to find a solution.

Tethering with the HTC Titan is surprisingly easy–who knew?

Windows Mobile

In Windows Mobile, go to Start > Programs > Internet Sharing

Select USB from the PC Connection drop down

Select your Cellular Provider from the Network Connection drop down.

Then press the Connect button. The phone should start connecting to your data plan. Obviously you need to have your phone plugged into a USB port on the computer.

Ubuntu

Once your cellphone has connected to your data plan, Network Manager should popup a message saying you are connected to a “wired network”. Make sure your wired network preferences specify DHCP as the method for getting an IP address.

I have not tested this on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope, but it works fantastic on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex.

Now I can use my Cellphones data plan for Internet access on my laptop.