Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Re: Looking for umb(4) usage reports

On Wed, Mar 25, 2026 at 04:31:56PM +0100, Stefan Moran wrote:
> Mobile Linux is a travesty, and I don't want to use Android or
> derivatives. Can anyone here who frequently uses umb(4) comment on
> its efficacy, as well as a hardware recommendations? Location is
> southern Spain, available ISPs are Lyca, Orange and Vodafone.

FWIW, at least in Portugal, Lyca no longer allows "connection sharing"
(i.e. using the phone as a wifi access point or USB tethering). I
believe Android uses a separate APN for connection sharing, and that's
how they filter it. Maybe there are some workarounds for this, but I
didn't bother to try, since there are other low-cost providers around.
You might have better luck if you can properly control the device's
network stack.

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