Replicant USB Networking¶

This page explains how to connect your Replicant device to the Internet via an USB connection to a computer connected to the Internet.

Replicant 6.0¶

Replicant USB Networking requires a script: usb_networking_device.sh
Make sure to have ADB installed and to have the host daemon running as root.

Push the device script on the device, make it executable and run the first part of the script:

adb push usb_networking_device.sh /data/
adb shell chmod a+x /data/usb_networking_device.sh
adb shell /data/usb_networking_device.sh start1

1. On your Linux PC, in the network manager applet (where you normally set up wired or wireless network connections), create a new "Shared" "Wired" connection, with default settings (connection type = Shared). (This is independent of the device, and only needs to be created once.)
2. Disconnect any other network connections (Wifi, 3G data) on the device.

4. The device should appear in the host's network manager applet as a new "wired" network connection. Connect this to the "Shared" connection that you created above (it should be in the list of choices given by the applet).
5. Now run the second part of the script on the device:

adb shell /data/usb_networking_device.sh start2

The connection should now work. To disconnect the device, run:

adb shell /data/usb_networking_device.sh stop

Known issues¶

Note about cellular data