X-Git-Url: https://git.rohieb.name/www-rohieb-name.git/blobdiff_plain/73e39f64a32cdae99744de147a3d7002a461dbc4..e56c25d789828ef76fe9f61b29c428b0a8a88315:/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. - - - -* 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. - - - (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. - -* 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]]