bionic (4) if_urndis.4freebsd.gz

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NAME
     urndis — USB Remote NDIS Ethernet device


SYNOPSIS
     To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your kernel configuration file:

           device ehci
           device uhci
           device ohci
           device xhci
           device usb
           device miibus
           device uether
           device urndis

     Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

           if_urndis_load="YES"


DESCRIPTION
     The urndis driver provides Ethernet access over Remote NDIS (RNDIS), allowing mobile devices such as phones
     and tablets to provide network access.  It is often referred to as USB tethering, and in most cases must be
     explicitly enabled on the device.

     urndis should work with any USB RNDIS devices, such as those commonly found on Android devices.  It does
     not support different media types or options.  For more information on configuring this device, see
     ifconfig(8).


HARDWARE
     The urndis driver supports the "tethering" functionality of many Android devices.


SEE ALSO
     arp(4), cdce(4), ipheth(4), netintro(4), usb(4), ifconfig(8)


HISTORY
     The urndis device driver first appeared in OpenBSD 4.7.  The first FreeBSD release to include it was
     FreeBSD 9.3.


AUTHORS
     The urndis driver was written by Jonathan Armani <armani@openbsd.org>, Michael Knudsen <mk@openbsd.org>,
     and Fabien Romano <fabien@openbsd.org>.  It was ported to FreeBSD by Hans Petter Selasky <hps@FreeBSD.org>.