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Ubuntu Server 16.04 : Connection via USB Android Tethering

As we know that Ubuntu Server by default does not have a GUI. It is certainly quite difficult to make internet connection via USB Android. Here's how to connect internet via USB and have been tried in Ubuntu Server version 16.04 LTS.
  1. Make sure your android phone already has internet connection
  2. Connect your android phone with server via USB cable
  3. From your android phone, click Settings menu -> Wireless and Network -> More -> Tethering & portable hotspot and enable USB tethering
  4. In the ubuntu server terminal, use the command
sudo ifconfig -a

Sample display of this command 
enp0s29f7u5    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 08:00:27:38:7b:49  
          inet addr:192.168.201.7  Bcast:192.168.201.1  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fe38:7b49/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:3593205 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:4328737 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:546620528 (546.6 MB)  TX bytes:4023123363 (4.0 GB)

enp3s0f0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 08:00:27:d6:48:f7  
          inet addr:192.168.2.88  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::a00:27ff:fed6:48f7/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:2665611 errors:0 dropped:228 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2072966 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:1742839194 (1.7 GB)  TX bytes:869666434 (869.6 MB)

5. Find your USB ethernet as an example of the above display is enp0s29f7u5. Then type the following command 
sudo ifconfig enp0s29f7u5 up

6. To be able to connect, setting IP to DHCP in the following way 
sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces

7. Use the following configuration 
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# USB
auto enp0s29f7u5
iface enp0s29f7u5 inet dhcp

8. The final step, activate the newly configured network 
sudo ifup enp0s29f7u5
 
 Now you are connected to the internet, and try pinging google.com
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  2. UnknownMarch 11, 2019 at 10:46 PM

    Great works!!!! Thanks I have a different setup to you and I am trying to use Ubuntu from home studio. ^ND

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  3. Niennor GeorgerAugust 21, 2019 at 10:08 AM

    Thanks! Hugs from Chile

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 4, 2019 at 9:31 AM

    Instead of an Ubuntu device can use similar commands using another rooted android phone?

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  5. AnonymousOctober 1, 2019 at 2:34 PM

    Great tutorial, I had to use netplan though but this set me on the right track.

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  6. AllanOctober 18, 2019 at 12:58 AM

    Excellent tutorial. I would like to add this tip: Your phone screen timeout may kill the USB connection and internet on the PC. Either turn off your phone's screen timeout or enable the developer options on the phone and enable Keep Awake. If you have a computer without Wifi, you can turn your phone into a wifi adaptor. I did this with my cellular data connection disabled.

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  7. Chandan KumarOctober 27, 2019 at 10:44 AM

    Thanx for such a great tutorial. This helps me alot.

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  8. Emma ParkerDecember 30, 2019 at 3:39 PM

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  9. UnknownApril 7, 2020 at 4:23 AM

    after doing this config, the day want to be able to use ethernet cable
    will i have a problem ??

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  10. Deepeeka ChudasamaSeptember 14, 2020 at 11:50 AM

    Hii, I recently installed linux but somehow it doesn't have net -tool package, i. e it doesn't have ifconfig and wifi is also disabled can anyone please tell me how to enable wifi or use usb tethering without terminal. ASAP

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  11. Deepeeka ChudasamaSeptember 14, 2020 at 11:51 AM

    Hii, I recently installed Linux but somehow it doesn't have net tools package that's why I can't use ifconfig, and wifi os also disabled can anyone pl tell me how to enable wifi /usb tethering without terminal.

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    1. EpsilonApril 10, 2021 at 10:59 PM

      Did you find a solution? If so please help me out. Im facing the same problem

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