F8x86_64 on the Acer Ferrari 3400LMi
# Bluetooth address of the phone
device 00:0A:D9:E9:D8:4F;
# RFCOMM channel for the Dial Up Networking service
channel 4;
# Description of the connection
comment "Modem on my phone";
}
13.2.4 Dynamic routine
If the method above works, you are all set and done. I started out that way and
everything worked great for a while. Then all of a sudden I was unable to connect.
It turned out that the DUN channel on my phone had changed!?! Instead of 4 as
in the example above it showed up as channel 2, and later on as channel 3...
The statical configuration done by editing the
rfcomm.conf
file cannot handle
this confusion. Instead I needed to dynamically decide which channel my phone
used for the DUN service today and bind to it.
This is done in a simple shell script, that is called just before I intend to connect.
Personally, I use Kppp and find it great for both modemtomodem dialups and
GPRS connections. So, I have configured KDE to call my script just before Kppp
is opened.
First I was a bit suspicious about this method to work all the time, but I have not
had any trouble this far and I have been using it for years now. You may find a
printout of the script in
Appendix
C
, or download it from
http://ferrari.databa.se/3400/f8/dunbind.sh. Obviously, you will need to
change the name of the bluetooth device,
BTNAME
, and maybe the port to connect
it to,
RFPORT
. Once that is done you may test run it:
# wget http://ferrari.databa.se/3400/f8/dunbind.sh
# chmod +x dunbind.sh
# ./dunbind.sh
Checking for local Bluetooth device... [
OK
]
Checking that /dev/rfcomm1 is free... [
OK
]
Searching for remote Bluetooth device SGs P900... [
OK
]
Searching for Dial Up Networking service... [
OK
]
Binding /dev/rfcomm1 to DUN channel 3... [
OK
]
# rfcomm a
rfcomm1: 00:0A:D9:E9:D8:4F channel 3 clean
Now all you need to do when you want to use your phone as a modem are the
most basic steps:
•
Turn on bluetooth on your phone
•
Turn on the bluetooth hardware on your laptop
•
Dial!
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