Thread: Announce: USB Mode (easy switch to USB host mode) [in Extras-Devel]
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prosetheus is offline prosetheus
2015-05-27 , 21:07
Posts: 18 | Thanked: 9 times | Joined on May 2013
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Greetings fellow N900 fans!

I've recently been consumed by the idea of using the N900 as a 'modem' (internet will be powered by 3g) and hooking it up to my router so I can use the N900's 3g as internet while remain connected to my LAN. Reason being my ISP is not very reliable.

Some new high end routers have this feature already:


http://www.snbforums.com/threads/sha...ethering.9624/

The router I have is:

http://www.netgear.com/home/products...#tab-techspecs

On page 13 and 15 of this thread the user '
handaxe mentions:

Tested hard-drive enclosure, flash-drive, mouse, and network dongle, all work. Thanks.
My router DOES NOT allow 3g tether through USB, atleast with stock firmware.

Before doing something drastic like a complete firmware change for just one feature, I was hoping to use the N900 through a usb-RJ45 adaptor and connecting it straight to the routers WAN ethernet port. (the lan port through which the dsl modem connects)

Another post here:

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/43...tspot#15803921

I've been able to make use of a very old laptop (around 15 years old) with a broken screen. I installed a Linux onto it and then used it's bridging ability to bridge its wifi connection to its LAN connection, then connected it to the router's WAN connection.

Tl;dr: want to use the n900 as a dsl modem by activating 3g and connecting to router through usb-to-rj45 convertor.

Is this doable?