Connecting to a Virtual NIC

This is for a Senior design project at my University. A group of 6 of us are trying to connect through a stock USB Cable that comes with the iPhone or iPad to a USB port. This USB port is outputing a VNIC. We want to establish a LAN through this VNIC without rooting the device. None of us have experience developing for iOS. Is this even possible and if so can someone point us in the right direction? It would be very appreciated!

Not possible.

Networking is only supported via Cellular data, Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.

Connecting to a Virtual NIC
 
 
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