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 urndisAlternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):
if_urndis_load="YES"
DESCRIPTION
Theurndis 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>.