I have just installed archlinux on my new raspberry but the only way I have to connect it to internet is using the USB tethering of my Android phone.
With my PC it works straightforwardly: I just connect the phone with USB, I select the USB tethering
option on the phone and all works. But when I do the same on the raspberry I have no connection.
Googleing my problem I found this: http://xsatria.wordpress.com/2013/07/09/usb-tethering-from-android-to-raspberry-pi/ but I have not the file /etc/network/interfaces
..
*9*1#
or something like that.(But you might need extra init strings to tell the phone what you are doing and what settings the phone needs to use). It can be tricky to set up on Linux. Or you can use internet sharing option on Windows for this device to act like a gateway. Luckily Microsoft nailed that pretty well with PNP and right click options. – Piotr Kula Mar 21 '14 at 21:10