1.\" Copyright (c) 2010 Michael Knudsen <mk@openbsd.org> 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 8.\" - Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 9.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 10.\" - Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above 11.\" copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following 12.\" disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided 13.\" with the distribution. 14.\" 15.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS 16.\" "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT 17.\" LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS 18.\" FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 19.\" COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 20.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, 21.\" BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; 22.\" LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER 23.\" CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 24.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN 25.\" ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 26.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 27.\" 28.\" $OpenBSD: urndis.4,v 1.15 2013/07/16 16:05:49 schwarze Exp $ 29.\" 30.\" $FreeBSD$ 31.\" 32.Dd November 24, 2015 33.Dt URNDIS 4 34.Os 35.Sh NAME 36.Nm urndis 37.Nd USB Remote NDIS Ethernet device 38.Sh SYNOPSIS 39To compile this driver into the kernel, 40place the following lines in your 41kernel configuration file: 42.Bd -ragged -offset indent 43.Cd "device ehci" 44.Cd "device uhci" 45.Cd "device ohci" 46.Cd "device xhci" 47.Cd "device usb" 48.Cd "device miibus" 49.Cd "device uether" 50.Cd "device urndis" 51.Ed 52.Pp 53Alternatively, to load the driver as a 54module at boot time, place the following line in 55.Xr loader.conf 5 : 56.Bd -literal -offset indent 57if_urndis_load="YES" 58.Ed 59.Sh DESCRIPTION 60The 61.Nm 62driver provides Ethernet access over Remote NDIS (RNDIS), 63allowing mobile devices such as phones and tablets to provide network access. 64It is often referred to as USB tethering, 65and in most cases must be explicitly enabled on the device. 66.Pp 67.Nm 68should work with any USB RNDIS devices, 69such as those commonly found on Android devices. 70It does not support different media types or options. 71For more information on configuring this device, see 72.Xr ifconfig 8 . 73.Sh HARDWARE 74The 75.Nm 76driver supports the 77.Qq tethering 78functionality of many Android devices. 79.Sh SEE ALSO 80.Xr arp 4 , 81.Xr cdce 4 , 82.Xr cdceem 4 , 83.Xr ipheth 4 , 84.Xr netintro 4 , 85.Xr usb 4 , 86.Xr ifconfig 8 87.Sh HISTORY 88The 89.Nm 90device driver first appeared in 91.Ox 4.7 . 92The first 93.Fx 94release to include it was 95.Fx 9.3 . 96.Sh AUTHORS 97.An -nosplit 98The 99.Nm 100driver was written by 101.An Jonathan Armani Aq Mt armani@openbsd.org , 102.An Michael Knudsen Aq Mt mk@openbsd.org , 103and 104.An Fabien Romano Aq Mt fabien@openbsd.org . 105It was ported to 106.Fx 107by 108.An Hans Petter Selasky Aq Mt hps@FreeBSD.org . 109