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Date:      Thu, 22 Oct 2015 16:08:06 -0600
From:      John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net>
To:        Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Ubuntu-phone BQ as Wifi router to the Internet
Message-ID:  <29547EF6-8485-4357-A4AF-89BB1C2695BD@jnielsen.net>
In-Reply-To: <20151022184307.GA2044@c720-r276659>
References:  <20151022184307.GA2044@c720-r276659>

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On Oct 22, 2015, at 12:43 PM, Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> wrote:

> I have a mobile phone, a Ubuntu BQ which works really nice as any kind
> of Linux box, SSH access etc. (not like this Android crap).
>=20
> At the moment I'm using my BQ as a router to the Internet as described
> here: =
https://gurucubano.gitbooks.io/bq-aquaris-e-4-5-ubuntu-phone/content/chapt=
er4.html
> i.e. via USB and tethering:
>=20
> FreeBSD-netbook ---(USB tethering)---> BQ ---(data mobile) ---> =
Internet
>=20
> I'd like to get rid of the USB cable and I'm thinking about the
> following:
>=20
> My FreeBSD C720 netbook acts as an AP, the BQ connects, but all the =
routing and
> DNS is scripted the way that the traffic from the netbook goes over
> Wifi to the BQ and from this to Internet;
> I investigated the option and technical it seems to work once changed
> routing etc. in the BQ;
>=20
> Any comments?

Should work fine with static IPs, etc on the wireless subnet. Using DHCP =
will probably be problematic.




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