Internet Via Bluetooth And GPRS

Useful for road warriors with notebooks and mobiles with a data plan

install:
- bluez-utils
- bluez-pin
- ppp
hcitool scan and grab your phone's mac address
from your phone, associate your phone to your notebook and make it permanent
sdptool browse AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF with your mac address
Under the section that lists "Dial-Up Networking", grab the Channel number

Edit /etc/bluetooth/rfcomm.conf:

rfcomm0 {
        bind yes;
        device AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF;
        channel X;
        comment "Nokia Phone";
}

Restart bluetooth using /etc/init.d/bluetooth restart or whatever your OS calls it

Edit /etc/ppp/peers/bluetooth:

debug
noauth
connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v -f /etc/ppp/chat-gprs"
usepeerdns
/dev/rfcomm0 115200
crtscts
defaultroute
lcp-echo-failure 0
noccp
nomagic
refuse-pap
mtu 1420

Edit /etc/ppp/chat-gprs:

TIMEOUT 35
ECHO    ON
ABORT   'nBUSYr'
ABORT   'nERRORr'
ABORT   'nNO ANSWERr'
ABORT   'nNO CARRIERr'
ABORT   'nNO DIALTONEr'
ABORT   'nRINGINGrnrnRINGINGr'
''      rAT
OK      AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","XXXXXXXX"
OK      ATD*99#
CONNECT ""

Replace XXXXXXXX with the GPRS access point connection name. NOT the name you select from the menu, but the actual Access Point name in the connection settings for it.

To start the connection run pon bluetooth and to stop run poff bluetooth. You should see messages in /var/log/syslog, although debugging is usually hard.

Internet Via Bluetooth And GPRS

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