HoRNDIS is now maintained by Mikhail Iakhiaev, and this page is in a state of transition – keep your eyes peeled for updates soon ...
- HoRNDIS Allows You to USB Tether on a Mac with Ease For most Android users, a ROM’s ability to tether (whether by USB or WiFi) is essential. Even if you have a dedicated wireless connection at.
- Since USB tethering doesn't work on macOS out of the box, you need to install the HoRNDIS driver. The installation process is pretty simple: Download the driver at the link above; Make sure that your phone is disconnect; Follow the instructions in the installer; Reboot your computer.
HoRNDIS (pronounce: “horrendous”) is a driver for Mac OS X that allows you to use your Android phone's native USB tethering mode to get Internet access. It is known to work with Mac OS X versions 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) through 10.14 (Mojave – see notes below), and has been tested on a wide variety of phones. Although you should be careful with all drivers that you install on your computer, HoRNDIS has been tested at least well enough for the author (and many others) to run full time on their own personal computers.
HoRNDIS (pronounce: “horrendous”) is a driver for Mac OS X that allows you to use your Android phone's native USB tethering mode to get Internet access. It is known to work with Mac OS X versions 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) through 10.10 (Yosemite – see notes below), and has been tested on a wide variety of phones.Although you should be careful with all drivers that you install on your. Following Steps describe the sure way to get a working Android USB tethering connection thereby anyone can use internet from Android phone WIFI with MACOS CATALINA 10.15. Step 01 Download Horndis software from following link. Get the latest version 9.2 as of this post date run the setup. Continue as per setup.
HoRNDIS is implemented as a kext, rather than as a user-space program that opens a TAP or TUN device; this means that it does not conflict with other TAP/TUN kexts that you might have installed (like OpenVPN, Tunnelblick, or Cisco VPN). The driver implements Microsoft's proprietary RNDIS protocol, which is the only protocol supported natively by Android devices; although Linux and Windows users have enjoyed native RNDIS drivers for years, Mac OS X supports only CDC Ethernet devices out of the box.1)
The chief advantage of HoRNDIS over other tethering solutions is that it uses the a first-class supported feature in the phone's firmware. Other solutions either take over the phone's Wi-Fi stack without the Android operating system's knowledge, or create an emulation IP stack in userspace on the phone; in many cases, the built-in USB tethering support can be more stable, more reliable, and faster.2)
This page is also available in Russian: HoRNDIS: драйвер USB-модема для Mac OS X. My thanks to Vlad Brown for his effort in translation!
When you’re out and about at places that don’t offer Wi-Fi Internet, you can share your Galaxy S5’s mobile data connection with your Mac computer.
Horndis 9.2
One way of doing that is to use the Galaxy S5’s built-in USB tethering feature.
Horndis Usb Tethering Driver For Macbook Pro
- In order to allow USB tethering to work with your Mac computer, you’ll need to install the HoRNDIS USB driver on your computer. Go to the HoRNDIS website and download the latest binary package. Next, you can double-click on it in your Downloads folder and follow the on-screen instructions to finish the installation.
- Connect your Galaxy S5 to your Mac computer using the provided USB data cable.
- On your Galaxy S5, go to the Settings app > Tethering and Mobile hotspot, and then select the box next to the USB tethering.
- On your Mac computer, go to System Preferences > Network. You should see your phone as one of the connections in the list. The green indicator light next to it shows that you’re connected.
- That’s it. You can start browsing the Internet on your Mac computer.
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Note: The steps here were written for Android 4.4.2 on a Samsung Galaxy S5 (SM-G900F). If you’re having a different model of Galaxy S5 or other version of Android, there’s a possibility that the steps and screenshots will be different.