[fantyoon]

I use it for tethering with my iPhone since my phone internet is better and more stable than the cable internet I have otherwise. I wouldn't be aware that this is possible without Libimobiledevice.

[hamandcheese]

If your wireless carrier enables it, you can create a wifi hotspot under Settings > Personal Hotspot.

[jannes]

I believe he is talking about tethering via USB, which should be a more stable connection than Wifi.

[3grdlurker]

Ah but the Settings app does USB hotspots too

[moonbas3]

You need this library in order for the connection to work. Then it will show up as a LAN connection.

[eddieroger]

It may support that, but the tethered hotspot mentioned previously works perfectly well without this library for me on my Mac. When tethered together and hotspot enabled, I can use the iPhone's cellular data with no wifi on the Mac at all.

[CameronNemo]

This library is really targeted toward non Apple systems.

[zadokshi]

With Linux?

[Nextgrid]

Yes with this library and a companion kernel module it will appear like a standard network interface (connected to the phone acting as a NAT router).