Posted by : Unknown Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Many jobs occur on Android task and for each and every job WIFI is needed. Many of us like me have no WIFI but I can still do these job by sharing the internet connection of my PC to my android device. This process is called Reverse Tethering.


Reverse tethering is possible . Using reverse tethering you can share your Computer’s internet connection with your Android phone through an USB data cable . which is in fact a very useful feature in case you don’t have WiFi router to share your PC’s internet connection . Continue reading to find out how you can use reverse tethering to share your Computer’s internet connection with your android phone .


In order to be able to perform reverse tethering you will need a Rooted android phone , which is a also a major reason why reverse tethering is not much popular among android new users. If you have a rooted android phone , you can proceed further with this guide and download the following prerequisites required further in this guide .

1.Drivers for your Android phone
2.Android Reverse Tethering tool 

Android Reverse Tethering tool is an free windows utility which makes use of ADB ( Android debug bridge ) to share your Computer’s internet connection with your android phone over an USB data cable . You can download it from this link , or visit the link provided above for the latest version of the utility .

How to share your PC’s internet connection with your Android phone over USB

Step 1: Connect your Android phone with your PC using an USB data cable and ensure that USB debugging is enabled on your phone . (Settings > Applications > Development > USB Debugging > Turn On )

Step 2: Extract the downloaded zip file and run the AndroidTool.exe file .

Step 3: From the Android reverse tethering utility , select your phone from the “ Select a device “ drop down box and then from the “ Select DNS to use “ dropdown box  , select a DNS ( Choose anything except from 192.168.1.1 ) .


Step 4: Click on the Connect button to start the reverse tethering process . The utility will then connect with your android phone and install the required apps on your phone . If the utility crashes simply run it over again .

Step 5: After the required apps have been installed on your phone , You will be prompted to grant root access to the USB tunnel app . Tap on “Grant” to provide root access to the app and you can access your Computer’s internet connection on your phone .

Thats it and now you will be able to access your Computer’s internet on your Android phone and even all your android apps would be able to access it too . You might be prompted with an No network connection error in intervals , its nothing to worry about and you can click ok to proceed further

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