Configuring Ethernet in Android

In most of the Android phone, its supports WiFi and data connections for internet connectivity in settings menu. But even though you have USB to Ethernet you may not find Ethernet settings in most of the android phones. Here are the steps to configure Ethernet for static IP. For this you need to access you phone via ADB shell.

Commands

$ ndc resolver setnetdns eth0
$ ifconfig eth0  up
$ route add default gw  dev eth0

Below is the example of configuring an static ip using above steps.

$ ndc resolver setnetdns eth0 192.168.0.221 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.4
$ ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.221 up
$ route add default gw 192.168.0.1 dev eth0