urndis(4)

urndis4

Usb remote ndis ethernet device

Usage

urndis* at uhub?

Overview

The urndis driver provides Ethernet access over Remote NDIS (RNDIS), allowing mobile devices such as phones and tablets to provide network access. It is often referred to as USB tethering, and in most cases must be explicitly enabled on the device.

urndis should work with any USB RNDIS devices, such as those commonly found on Android devices. It does not support different media types or options. For more information on configuring this device, see ifconfig(8).

Releases

35 releases since OpenBSD 4.7; the text changed 5 times.

  1. 4.7
  2. 4.8–4.9
  3. 5.0–5.1
  4. 5.2
  5. 5.3
  6. 5.4–8.0

History

The urndis device driver first appeared in OpenBSD 4.7.

Authors

The urndis driver was written by Jonathan Armani ⟨[email protected]⟩, Michael Knudsen ⟨[email protected]⟩, and Fabien Romano ⟨[email protected]⟩.

From man 8.0-current-20261101 in OpenBSD 8.0-current (2026-11-01). Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.