[Optimus One, P500, V General] skghosh:
I bought an LG P500 mobile phone and was trying to use usb tethering and it didnot work. Was able to ping the mobile but nothing beyond that.

Can you guys help

The details of the phone are

Model number : LG-P500

Android version : 2.2

Kernel Version : 2.6.32.9 lg-electronics@si-rd10-ubld06 #1 Mon Oct 4 09:05:43 IST 2010

Build number : FRF91

Software Version : V10b-OCT-02-2010

Details of my PC are

Microsoft windows XP Professional version 2002 Service Pack 3

Here are the steps that i had taken and things i tried before reporting this

1. Installed USB drivers for the mobile on my pc

2. connected the mobile to the pc through usb cable

3. turned on the usb tethering button under tethering on mobile

4. on the laptop it shows as the following

Local Area Connectio 13

Connected,Firewalled

LG AndroidNet NDIS Ethernet Adapter #3

on the mobile it shows Tethering or hotspot Active

5. I turn on the wifi on the mobile phone (and turn off the wifi on the laptop)

6. i surf a website on mobile phone to make sure that i am connected to internet.

7. Now i open my internet explorer/firefox in my pc and try to surf the same website.

It does not open the website. for some time it says looking and then says address not found.

8. Now i open the command prompt and type ipconfig/all and i get the following

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : cosmic-skghosh

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : cosmic.com

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : cosmic.com

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 20-7C-8F-07-23-6B

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller #2

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : F0-4D-A2-50-19-0B

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 12:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : LG AndroidNet NDIS Ethernet Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 42-14-1A-50-76-BD

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.42.164

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.42.129

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.42.129

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.42.129

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, March 05, 2011 7:16:02 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, March 05, 2011 8:16:02 PM

9. Now i type route PRINT

===========================================================================

Interface List

0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface

0x2 ...20 7c 8f 07 23 6b ...... Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter - Packet Scheduler Miniport

0x3 ...f0 4d a2 50 19 0b ...... Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller #2 - Packet Scheduler Miniport

0x30005 ...42 14 1a 50 76 bd ...... LG AndroidNet NDIS Ethernet Adapter #3 - Packet Scheduler Miniport

===========================================================================

===========================================================================

Active Routes:

Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric

0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.42.129 192.168.42.164 25

127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1

192.168.42.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.42.164 192.168.42.164 25

192.168.42.164 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 25

192.168.42.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.42.164 192.168.42.164 25

224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 192.168.42.164 192.168.42.164 25

255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.42.164 2 1

255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.42.164 192.168.42.164 1

255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.42.164 3 1

Default Gateway: 192.168.42.129

===========================================================================

Persistent Routes:

None

10. Now i try ping 192.168.42.129 and i get

Pinging 192.168.42.129 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.42.129: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Reply from 192.168.42.129: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Reply from 192.168.42.129: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Reply from 192.168.42.129: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.42.129:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 3ms, Average = 0ms

11. Now i try to ping xdaforums.com and i get

Ping request could not find host xdaforums.com. Please check the name and try again.