Smartphone Internet sharing on X5000
  • Just looking around
    Posts: 20 from 2018/4/2
    Hi everyone,

    This morning i have discovered at wake up that i have no internet connexion, my provider cannot come before thursday next week. So i need a work around solution to my issue.
    i have no problem to share my smartphone connexion using wifi on the powerbook. For the x5000 i have no wifi card so i need another way to share. i have tried directly using usb it works on fienix but not on morphos.
    Any idea ? Maybe it is not possible ?

    thanks
    additional question which wifi card can i use on the x5000 ?
  • »07.11.20 - 12:22
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  • Acolyte of the Butterfly
    Acolyte of the Butterfly
    Posts: 141 from 2017/8/6
    Dunno if MorphOS can do it but Mac OSX on the Powerbook can forward your Wifi connection via Ethernet with internet sharing.

    https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40834689/share-internet-connection-between-macos-x-leopard-and-windows-10

    [ Edited by amifrog 07.11.2020 - 13:41 ]
  • »07.11.20 - 12:31
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  • Paladin of the Pegasos
    Paladin of the Pegasos
    koszer
    Posts: 1251 from 2004/2/8
    From: Poland
    Quote:

    gordini21 wrote:
    i have no problem to share my smartphone connexion using wifi on the powerbook. For the x5000 i have no wifi card so i need another way to share.


    I guess you should buy a compatible PCIe WiFi card or connect some wireless router through Ethernet and configure it to use your phone shared WiFi.

    Quote:

    additional question which wifi card can i use on the x5000 ?


    I guess your best bet is a card proven to work with PowerMac G5 PCIe:

    Quote:

    older Atheros pcie based WIFI or realtek 8168
  • »07.11.20 - 14:47
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  • Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
    Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
    KennyR
    Posts: 880 from 2003/3/4
    From: #AmigaZeux, Gu...
    A little, relatively cheap travel router or WAP is handy for times like these. They either connect phones, dongles, or insert SIMs, or all of the above, and usually have an ethernet connection.

    Even better to have that functionality in your main router itself, so you can use the phone as a backup connection. Many routers do allow this. Check yours: if it has a USB socket, then it might do too.

    Although as a warning: compatibility is be heavily dependent on the phone manufacturer (Apple in particular hate their users being able to do useful things) and the cellphone provider. Many providers specifically ban tethering and will send you angry texts.

    Also as a warning: it is REALLY easy to go over your data limit and cost yourself a small fortune when tethering.
  • »07.11.20 - 15:51
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  • Just looking around
    Posts: 20 from 2018/4/2
    thanks
    i have 200go on my phone so no matter with that :)

    the older router could share connexion from the usb the new one not ....
    i am not really happy with this new device ...

    i will try to find a wifi card on ebay
  • »07.11.20 - 16:58
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  • Paladin of the Pegasos
    Paladin of the Pegasos
    Amigaharry2
    Posts: 1283 from 2010/1/6
    From: EU-Austria (Wien)
    Why dont use a WLAN-Minirouter like this:
    https://www.reichelt.at/at/de/wlan-router-2-4-ghz-150-mbit-s-tplink-tl-mr3020-p118522.html?PROVID=2807&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0Lyl4Yrx7AIVVj5gCh3HaQiLEAYYBiABEgKGxPD_BwE
    Can be used as bridge from your mobilephone-Hotspot to ethernet.....
    Peg2, 3xPowerMac G5, 2xPowerbookG4, 2x MacMiniG4, Efika (again), A3000T and life is never boring.....
  • »07.11.20 - 17:43
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  • Yokemate of Keyboards
    Yokemate of Keyboards
    Andreas_Wolf
    Posts: 12199 from 2003/5/22
    From: Germany
    > Dunno if MorphOS can do it but Mac OSX on the Powerbook can
    > forward your Wifi connection via Ethernet with internet sharing.

    How should this help with a WiFi-less X5000?
  • »07.11.20 - 18:40
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  • Paladin of the Pegasos
    Paladin of the Pegasos
    Intuition
    Posts: 1110 from 2013/5/24
    From: Nederland
    Quote:

    Andreas_Wolf wrote:
    > Dunno if MorphOS can do it but Mac OSX on the Powerbook can
    > forward your Wifi connection via Ethernet with internet sharing.

    How should this help with a WiFi-less X5000?


    The PowerBook can share the phone's data connection via WiFi to the X5000 through an Ethernet cable.
    1.67GHz 15" PowerBook G4, 1GB RAM, 128MB Radeon 9700M Pro, 64GB SSD, MorphOS 3.15

    2.7GHz DP G5, 4GB RAM, 512MB Radeon X1950 Pro, 500GB SSHD, MorphOS 3.9
  • »07.11.20 - 20:18
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  • Yokemate of Keyboards
    Yokemate of Keyboards
    Andreas_Wolf
    Posts: 12199 from 2003/5/22
    From: Germany
    > The PowerBook can share the phone's data connection
    > via WiFi to the X5000 through an Ethernet cable.

    Thanks, makes sense. I somehow managed to read over the part where he mentioned his PowerBook ;-)
  • »07.11.20 - 20:23
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  • Acolyte of the Butterfly
    Acolyte of the Butterfly
    Posts: 141 from 2017/8/6
    That's why you can and should have a dual boot system in the first place: to complement MorphOS with the emergency tools and usability that comes with billions of use hours ... and $.🤪
  • »07.11.20 - 20:51
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  • Just looking around
    Posts: 20 from 2018/4/2
    Thanks everyone
    I have a lot of systems and devices at home
    My goal is to proove that you can work with Morphos everyday :)
    Tplink routeur purchased now i have to wait tuesday
  • »08.11.20 - 10:08
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