Okay, Wireless Tether works well ! My OS is Ubuntu 10.10, and my phone is a rooted HTC Incredible 2 running GB. Here's how I did it:
1. On my PC, I went to the app Market (
http://market.android.com)
2. Typed wireless tether in the search box
3. Chose 'Wireless Tether for Root Users', then hit the link to the developer's website
4. Downloaded the file: wifi_tether_v3_1-beta5.apk (this is the version as of today)
5. Prepped the phone: USB debug ON, allow unknown sources ON, then connected a USB cable to my PC. On the connection type screen on my phone, I selected Disk Drive
6. An icon appeared on my Ubuntu desktop for the SD card on my phone. I simply dragged the .apk file from my Ubuntu Downloads folder and dropped it on the SD card icon.
7. I opened Astro, a free app I got from the Market, scrolled down to the bottom where the .apk was and selected it. After the install, an icon appears among the apps where you can start up Wireless Tether.
Note: I hit the SpeakEasy web site to see what the bit rate was using the phone's 3G connection. Got 300kb/s. Not too bad. Same test over my DSL shows 3mb/s. Good for when you're out-and-about and there's no wi-fi for your PC.
RDL