X-Git-Url: http://git.rohieb.name/www-rohieb-name.git/blobdiff_plain/d01f6626c9c43451f9d421f7020720e8aaa5cb26..730d26770e5f5d3ba856dda0b7301c2a8f04b770:/blag/post/bluetooth-tethering-via-pan-with-windows-mobile-and-ubuntu.mdwn diff --git a/blag/post/bluetooth-tethering-via-pan-with-windows-mobile-and-ubuntu.mdwn b/blag/post/bluetooth-tethering-via-pan-with-windows-mobile-and-ubuntu.mdwn index 0157fef..0720177 100644 --- a/blag/post/bluetooth-tethering-via-pan-with-windows-mobile-and-ubuntu.mdwn +++ b/blag/post/bluetooth-tethering-via-pan-with-windows-mobile-and-ubuntu.mdwn @@ -16,71 +16,71 @@ connectivity. Windows Mobile 6.1 allows tethering over a Bluetooth PAN step-by-step tutorial what I did for my PAN approach, with a few (german) screenshots, tested on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid: -* Since my laptop was running on Ubuntu Lucid, there was already a - recent Blueman version in the Ubuntu repos available. On older - systems, you may want to add the [Blueman Launchpad PPA][5]. - - $ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:blueman/ppa # only necessary on pre-lucid systems - $ sudo aptitude update - $ sudo aptitude install blueman - -* Note that this also removes possibly installed `gnome-bluetooth` - packages since Blueman is an adequate replacement for the GNOME - Bluetooth UI. - -* After the installation has finished, I had to enable the NMPANSupport - plugin for NetworkManager 0.8 by right-clicking on the Blueman icon in - the GNOME notification area and selecting “Plugins”. For older - NetworkManager versions, there is also a plugin for NetworkManager - 0.7, called NMIntegration. - -
- [[!img blueman-menu.png alt="Blueman context menu"]] - [[!img blueman-plugins.png alt="Blueman plugin page"]] -
- -* Then I activated tethering on my phone (“Programs” → “Internet - Sharing” on my Windows Mobile 6.1, but YMMV). Apparently this was - neccesary with my model, because without tethering enabled I could not - get a Bluetooth PAN connection in the next step. - -
- [[!img winmo-program-menu.png alt="Windows Mobile Program screen"]] - [[!img winmo-connection-sharing.png alt="Windows Mobile Internet +* Since my laptop was running on Ubuntu Lucid, there was already a + recent Blueman version in the Ubuntu repos available. On older + systems, you may want to add the [Blueman Launchpad PPA][5]. + + $ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:blueman/ppa # only necessary on pre-lucid systems + $ sudo aptitude update + $ sudo aptitude install blueman + +* Note that this also removes possibly installed `gnome-bluetooth` + packages since Blueman is an adequate replacement for the GNOME + Bluetooth UI. + +* After the installation has finished, I had to enable the NMPANSupport + plugin for NetworkManager 0.8 by right-clicking on the Blueman icon in + the GNOME notification area and selecting “Plugins”. For older + NetworkManager versions, there is also a plugin for NetworkManager + 0.7, called NMIntegration. + +
+ [[!img blueman-menu.png alt="Blueman context menu"]] + [[!img blueman-plugins.png alt="Blueman plugin page"]] +
+ +* Then I activated tethering on my phone (“Programs” → “Internet + Sharing” on my Windows Mobile 6.1, but YMMV). Apparently this was + neccesary with my model, because without tethering enabled I could not + get a Bluetooth PAN connection in the next step. + +
+ [[!img winmo-program-menu.png alt="Windows Mobile Program screen"]] + [[!img winmo-connection-sharing.png alt="Windows Mobile Internet Sharing application"]] -
- -* I paired the phone and my laptop via Bluetooth, and created a PAN - (Personal Area Network) by connecting to the “Network Access Point” - service on the phone. In Blueman, all you have to do after pairing is - right-click on the device and select “Connect To: Network Access - Point”. This creates a new network device `bnep0` which is - automagically configured through NetworkManager (using [stateless - address autoconfiguration][6]). - -
- [[!img blueman-pan.png size=x100 alt="Blueman: Context menu for device +
+ +* I paired the phone and my laptop via Bluetooth, and created a PAN + (Personal Area Network) by connecting to the “Network Access Point” + service on the phone. In Blueman, all you have to do after pairing is + right-click on the device and select “Connect To: Network Access + Point”. This creates a new network device `bnep0` which is + automagically configured through NetworkManager (using [stateless + address autoconfiguration][6]). + +
+ [[!img blueman-pan.png size=x100 alt="Blueman: Context menu for device “Leia”, menu entry “Network Access Point” is selected"]] -
+
- (Yes, my phone is called [Leia][7]… I also have a yet another HTC - Prophet for testing purposes, which is called [Luke][8] :-)) + (Yes, my phone is called [Leia][7]… I also have a yet another HTC + Prophet for testing purposes, which is called [Luke][8] :-) ) -* However, in my setup, though I was able to ping certain IP adresses on - the internet, DNS lookups timed out for some reason. It got better - when I explicitly set an IP address for the Bluetooth PAN driver on my - phone, and did the tethering process all over again. +* However, in my setup, though I was able to ping certain IP adresses on + the internet, DNS lookups timed out for some reason. It got better + when I explicitly set an IP address for the Bluetooth PAN driver on my + phone, and did the tethering process all over again. -
- [[!img winmo-connections.png alt="Windows Mobile System Settings +
+ [[!img winmo-connections.png alt="Windows Mobile System Settings Screen, with item “Wi-Fi” selected"]] - [[!img winmo-networkdrivers.png alt="Windows Mobile Network Driver + [[!img winmo-networkdrivers.png alt="Windows Mobile Network Driver settings screen, with menu item “Bluetooth PAN Driver” selected"]] - [[!img winmo-bluetooth-ip.png alt="Windows Mobile Bluetooth PAN Driver + [[!img winmo-bluetooth-ip.png alt="Windows Mobile Bluetooth PAN Driver settings screen"]] -
+
-* And off I went with mobile internet access. Woo-hoo! \o/ +* And off I went with mobile internet access. Woo-hoo! \o/ I may also add that the NetUsage plugin in Blueman is very reasonable to use ;-) After activated, the network usage can be viewed by @@ -97,4 +97,4 @@ right-clicking on the Blueman icon and selecting “Network Usage”. [8]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Skywalker [[!tag Blueman bluetooth mobile_internet_access network NetworkManager - Ubuntu Ubuntu_Lucid Windows_Mobile]] + Ubuntu Ubuntu_Lucid Windows_Mobile]]