android usb tether how to

RouterOS Beginner Basics
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I want to connect a android phone via usb to a router to provide internet to pcs connected to the router. I have not previously used Mikrotik routers and have the following questions:

  1. Which Mikrotik routers can do this?
  2. Does the usb provide power to the phone?
  3. Is the usb-tethered data throughput limited (ie < what phone or router itself might provide otherwise)?
  4. Is there a clear step-by-step guide to setup such a connection?
    • phone software (PdaNet or other) and settings
  • router software settings
  1. Can the usb-tethering work with more than 1 phone (not concurrently)
    • ie use the phone that is present for internet access, but can swap which phone is used
  1. Reasons other than data plan that I might not want to do this.
    • ie arguments for why a phone wifi hotspot to router connection to pcs would be better

I found the following related posts
http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/rb2011u-with-motorola-droid-2-a956-unlimited-data-plan-grand-fathered-connect-as-usb/90670/1
http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/android-usb-tether-end-up-with-dissapointment/95545/1

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Check my tutorial for this:

http://www.mikrotikmacedonia.net/index.php/topic,3.0.html

P.s use google translate and see the images.

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That answers the is it possible, and seems to indicate how to setup thus covering question 4. But I’m not clear on my other questions originally posed. Is there a reference for the blanket statement this will work on all models? I question because the post also indicates firmware issues.