NAME

     ipheth — USB Apple iPhone/iPad tethered Ethernet driver

SYNOPSIS

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

           if_ipheth_load="YES"

     Alternatively, to compile this driver into the kernel, place the following lines in your
     kernel configuration file:

           device uhci
           device ohci
           device usb
           device miibus
           device uether
           device ipheth

DESCRIPTION

     The ipheth driver provides support for network access through Apple iPhone and iPad devices,
     often referred to as USB tethering.

     ipheth should work with any Apple iPhone or iPad device.  In most cases this must be
     explicitly enabled on the device first.

     For more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8).  The device does not
     support different media types or options.

HARDWARE

     The following devices are supported by the ipheth driver:

     •   Apple iPhone tethering (all models)
     •   Apple iPad tethering (all models)

SEE ALSO

     arp(4), cdce(4), cdceem(4), intro(4), netintro(4), urndis(4), usb(4), ifconfig(8),
     usbconfig(8)

HISTORY

     The ipheth device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 8.2.

AUTHORS

     The ipheth driver was written by Hans Petter Selasky <hselasky@FreeBSD.org>.

BUGS

     Some devices may need to be manually configured to use an alternative configuration with the
     usbconfig(8) utility.  A command similar to
           usbconfig -u 1 -a 2 set_config 3
     may be required if the device is not recognised automatically by ipheth after it is
     connected.