CentOS - Sep 2017 - Connecting to internet with USB tethered iphone

On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 11:30 AM Stephen John Smoogen <smooge at
gmail.com>
wrote:
> On 22 September 2017 at 10:33, Larry Martell <larry.martell at
gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I am trying to get a centos 6 system on the internet with a tethered
> > iPhone. I can see the phone with lsusb as bus 001 device 011. A post
on
> > stackoverflow said I would need to run "# ip link set usb0 up
&& dhcpcd
> > usb0"
> >
> > But how do I reference my phone in that command?
>
> I thought that if the phone is in tethering mode that is all you need
> to do. The command is saying setup an 'ethernet' port on the USB
and
> to ask for a dhcpd command from it. If the phone allows tethering it
> will be using its USB as an ethernet connection and will see a dhcpd
> connection and will give out an ip address.


Seems something else is using usb0 - without the phone connected I see
something on usb0 when running ifconfig. I think it's some internal
network.  I tried running those commands when the phones be was connected
but the system still is not on the internet.
>
>

On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 10:39 AM, Larry Martell <larry.martell at
gmail.com>
wrote:
> Seems something else is using usb0 - without the phone connected I see
> something on usb0 when running ifconfig. I think it's some internal
> network.  I tried running those commands when the phones be was connected
> but the system still is not on the internet.

Run 'udevadm monitor' with sudo or as root and watch for what /dev entry
the phone picks up when it is plugged in. Use that one in your ip or dhcpd
commands.

On 22 September 2017 at 11:39, Larry Martell <larry.martell at gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 11:30 AM Stephen John Smoogen <smooge at
gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 22 September 2017 at 10:33, Larry Martell <larry.martell at
gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I am trying to get a centos 6 system on the internet with a
tethered
>> > iPhone. I can see the phone with lsusb as bus 001 device 011. A
post on
>> > stackoverflow said I would need to run "# ip link set usb0 up
&& dhcpcd
>> > usb0"
>> >
>> > But how do I reference my phone in that command?
>>
>> I thought that if the phone is in tethering mode that is all you need
>> to do. The command is saying setup an 'ethernet' port on the
USB and
>> to ask for a dhcpd command from it. If the phone allows tethering it
>> will be using its USB as an ethernet connection and will see a dhcpd
>> connection and will give out an ip address.
>
>
>
> Seems something else is using usb0 - without the phone connected I see
> something on usb0 when running ifconfig. I think it's some internal
> network.  I tried running those commands when the phones be was connected
> but the system still is not on the internet.
>
That may be the case with some hardware. A lot of management hardware
will appear as a USB network address so you can loop back into the
hardware that way. You could try usb1 for the phone to see if that
works.
>>
>>
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On 09/22/2017 04:50 PM, Jon Pruente wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 10:39 AM, Larry Martell <larry.martell at
gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Seems something else is using usb0 - without the phone connected I see
>> something on usb0 when running ifconfig. I think it's some internal
>> network.  I tried running those commands when the phones be was
connected
>> but the system still is not on the internet.
> 
> 
> Run 'udevadm monitor' with sudo or as root and watch for what /dev
entry
> the phone picks up when it is plugged in. Use that one in your ip or dhcpd
> commands.
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> 
Or really crudely:

Plug in the phone, wait a minute then issue
# ls -ltr /dev
and the last named one should be the phone.

On 09/22/2017 11:50 AM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
> On 22 September 2017 at 11:39, Larry Martell <larry.martell at
gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 11:30 AM Stephen John Smoogen <smooge at
gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 22 September 2017 at 10:33, Larry Martell <larry.martell at
gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> I am trying to get a centos 6 system on the internet with a
tethered
>>>> iPhone. I can see the phone with lsusb as bus 001 device 011. A
post on
>>>> stackoverflow said I would need to run "# ip link set usb0
up && dhcpcd
>>>> usb0"
>>>>
>>>> But how do I reference my phone in that command?
>>> I thought that if the phone is in tethering mode that is all you
need
>>> to do. The command is saying setup an 'ethernet' port on
the USB and
>>> to ask for a dhcpd command from it. If the phone allows tethering
it
>>> will be using its USB as an ethernet connection and will see a
dhcpd
>>> connection and will give out an ip address.
>>
>>
>> Seems something else is using usb0 - without the phone connected I see
>> something on usb0 when running ifconfig. I think it's some internal
>> network.  I tried running those commands when the phones be was
connected
>> but the system still is not on the internet.
>>
> That may be the case with some hardware. A lot of management hardware
> will appear as a USB network address so you can loop back into the
> hardware that way. You could try usb1 for the phone to see if that
> works.
When you have the phone plugged in, what does "lsusb" say?

On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Jon Pruente
<jpruente at riskanalytics.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 10:39 AM, Larry Martell <larry.martell at
gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Seems something else is using usb0 - without the phone connected I see
>> something on usb0 when running ifconfig. I think it's some internal
>> network.  I tried running those commands when the phones be was
connected
>> but the system still is not on the internet.
>
>
> Run 'udevadm monitor' with sudo or as root and watch for what /dev
entry
> the phone picks up when it is plugged in. Use that one in your ip or dhcpd
> commands.
Unfortunately I am not at the site any more. I will have to try that
next time I am there. Thanks!

On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Stephen John Smoogen <smooge at
gmail.com> wrote:
> On 22 September 2017 at 11:39, Larry Martell <larry.martell at
gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 11:30 AM Stephen John Smoogen <smooge at
gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 22 September 2017 at 10:33, Larry Martell <larry.martell at
gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > I am trying to get a centos 6 system on the internet with a
tethered
>>> > iPhone. I can see the phone with lsusb as bus 001 device 011.
A post on
>>> > stackoverflow said I would need to run "# ip link set
usb0 up && dhcpcd
>>> > usb0"
>>> >
>>> > But how do I reference my phone in that command?
>>>
>>> I thought that if the phone is in tethering mode that is all you
need
>>> to do. The command is saying setup an 'ethernet' port on
the USB and
>>> to ask for a dhcpd command from it. If the phone allows tethering
it
>>> will be using its USB as an ethernet connection and will see a
dhcpd
>>> connection and will give out an ip address.
>>
>>
>>
>> Seems something else is using usb0 - without the phone connected I see
>> something on usb0 when running ifconfig. I think it's some internal
>> network.  I tried running those commands when the phones be was
connected
>> but the system still is not on the internet.
>>
>
> That may be the case with some hardware. A lot of management hardware
> will appear as a USB network address so you can loop back into the
> hardware that way. You could try usb1 for the phone to see if that
> works.
I did try that - I got no such device or something like that.