Sak94664 / SimpleRT

Simple Reverse Tethering utility for Android

SimpleRT

Reverse Tethering utility for Android.

Allows you to share your computer's internet connection with your Android device via a USB cable.

Development is still in progress, bugs and errors can occur.

IMPORTANT!
   If you have any issues with this tool, please, provide some logs:
   - run util in debug mode (-d), connect you device
   - run "ip addr show"
   - run "ip route show"
   - store this output into issue ticket on github

FIRST RUN: check out -h option!
   simple-rt -h
   usage: sudo ./simple-rt [-h] [-i interface] [-n nameserver|"local" ]
   default params: -i eth0 -n 8.8.8.8

No root, no adb required!

Full Linux and macOS support! Windows version is in early researching.

Current version features:

• Multi-tether. You can connect several android devices into one virtual network!
• DNS server specifying (custom or system one).

The SimpleRT utility consists of 2 parts:

• Android part:

  Implemented as standalone service, no gui, no activities. Simplicity!

  Dependencies:

  • Android 4.0 and higher.

  Build system based on gradle + gradle experimental android plugin (supporting ndk). For build you need both sdk & ndk. Create local.properties file in root dir, it should be looks like that:

  ndk.dir=/home/viper/Android/Sdk/ndk-bundle
  sdk.dir=/home/viper/Android/Sdk
  

  build:

  ./gradlew assembleDebug
  

  app/build/outputs/apk/app-debug.apk is your apk.

  There is already built apk

• Desktop part:

  Dependencies:

  • libusb-1.0
  • libresolv (usually already presented in both linux and macos)
  • tuntap kernel module (linux version), utun (macos version, builtin)

  before build (debian based example):

  sudo apt-get install build-essential pkg-config libusb-1.0-0-dev
  

  Makefile is universal for all platforms, just type make.

Usage:

• run console util as root
• connect your android device

First connection requires some trivial steps:

Issues: Some apps do not recognize the reverse tethered internet connection due to ConnectivityManager policy. Just leave WiFi or 3g connection active, connection will go through SimpleRT anyway.

Partially used code from linux-adk, which is licensed under the GNU GPLv2 or later. This project is under the GNU GPLv3 or later, which is compatible with the license of linux-adk.

License: GNU GPL v3

SimpleRT: Reverse tethering utility for Android
Copyright (C) 2016 Konstantin Menyaev

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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