Tether or Hotspot with Linux

[bjrosen]

Thinking about getting a Thunderbolt. I currently have a Sprint Palm Pre which I can connect to my Linux laptop with mytether. Is the hotspot on the Thunderbolt just a standard WIFI hotspot that will work with anything, or is there some sort of Windows only authentication app that's required? The same question for tethering.

 

[GNUsNotUnix]

I use my WiFi hotspot with my laptop running Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx. I have yet to encounter any problems so far. My laptop connects to it as if it was a physical wireless router. The 4G speeds are FTW!

 

[FrankXS]

Thinking about getting a Thunderbolt. I currently have a Sprint Palm Pre which I can connect to my Linux laptop with mytether. Is the hotspot on the Thunderbolt just a standard WIFI hotspot that will work with anything, or is there some sort of Windows only authentication app that's required? The same question for tethering.

The WiFi will work with anything. It's a standard hotspot. But don't try to use any software that treats the TBolt as a modem using a dial-up connection. It has no modem drivers. Even for Bluetooth or USB in Windows.

-Frank