Hi. On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 20:27:38 -0700 pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth , > Bluetooth was "... originally conceived as a wireless alternative > to RS-232 data cables." Therefore TCP/IP inside PPP on a > Bluetooth connection is hypthetically possible. > > Has anyone tried it with a debian system on one end at least? I have to use the thing on a regular basis. Connection speed is turtle-slow by today's standards, but it works, and aside from the bluez package it only requires wvdial one. A sample implementation is: # cat /etc/network/if-pre-up.ppp0 /usr/bin/rfcomm connect /dev/rfcomm0 xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx & while [ ! -r /dev/rfcomm0 ]; do /bin/echo "Waiting for /dev/rfcomm0 ..." /bin/sleep 1 done # cat /etc/network/if-post-down.ppp0 pkill -9 rfcomm # grep -A1 ppp0 /etc/network/interfaces iface ppp0 inet wvdial pre-up /etc/network/if-pre-up.ppp0 metric 1 post-down /etc/network/if-post-down.ppp0 # cat /etc/wvdial.conf [Dialer Defaults] Baud = 460800 Dial Command = ATD Init1 = ATZ Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 Init3 = AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","my.cellphone.carrier.gateway" Modem = /dev/rfcomm0 Modem Type = Analog Modem New PPD = yes Password = xxx Phone = *99# Username = xxx ISDN = false Idle Seconds = 300 Reco
